The Delano Manongs (2014) by Marissa Aroy Trailer

The Delano Manongs tells the story of organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm labor movement’s finest hours – The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 that led to the creation of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW). Although the movement was known for Cesar Chavez’s leadership and considered a Chicano movement, Filipinos played a pivotal role in it. Filipino labor organizer Larry Itliong, a cigar-chomping union veteran, organized a group of 1,500 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.

Watch Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of The United Farm Workers Movement in Daang Dokyu's Nation Section, screening from October 9 - 15, 2020 at DaangDokyu.com/watchnow.