Delano Manongs, forgotten heroes of the United Farm Workers
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Delano Manongs, forgotten heroes of the United Farm Workers
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Delano Manongs
Oclc number
948843630
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Media Factory in 2014
Runtime
28
Sub title
forgotten heroes of the United Farm Workers
Summary
The Delano Manongs tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm labor movement{u2019}s finest hours {u2013} The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). While the movement is known for Cesar Chavez{u2019}s leadership and considered a Chicano movement, Filipinos played a pivotal role. Filipino labor organizer, Larry Itliong, a cigar-chomping union veteran, organized a group of 1500 Filipinos to strike against the grape growers of Delano, California, beginning a collaboration between Filipinos, Chicanos and other ethnic workers that would go on for years
Technique
live action
Subject
- Documentary films
- Delano (Calif.)
- Strikes and lockouts + Vineyard laborers -- California
- Foreign workers, Mexican -- California
- Strikes and lockouts + Vineyard laborers
- Foreign workers, Filipino
- California
- Agricultural laborers -- California
- Foreign workers, Filipino -- California
- California + Delano
- Grape Strike, Calif
- Foreign workers, Mexican
- Streaming video
- Itliong, Larry, 1913-1977
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor4
- Genre2
- Subject14
- Documentary films
- Delano (Calif.)
- Strikes and lockouts + Vineyard laborers -- California
- Foreign workers, Mexican -- California
- Strikes and lockouts + Vineyard laborers
- Foreign workers, Filipino
- California
- Agricultural laborers -- California
- Foreign workers, Filipino -- California
- California + Delano
- Grape Strike, Calif
- Foreign workers, Mexican
- Streaming video
- Itliong, Larry, 1913-1977
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- Narrator1
- Producer2
- Mapped to1