foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] please sir excuse me sir I don't have any money man me I can't help you please sir I need to go inside for a moment look if Johnny found I'll let some Google in here I love my head now excuse me I have work to do rather be home with a nice drink come on now get in foreign take a seat stay there and keep your mouth shut yes you're running from something there ain't nobody here it's me ma'am why don't you go on home I can't listen I'm going to
be involved in some trouble and you know now little lady are these men that are this is some good whiskey I got it at the clubhouse I work at Filipinos make it locally you find a lot of people to have some talents okay I don't know it's just me I understand just stop calling here you understand who is that mind your business [Music] I'm going to cook up some burger patties I'm getting a little hungry all right so make stuff useful and dust a better wipe some tables down [Music] [Music] you looki
ng for work there seems to be a lot of work oh asparagus around me some field workers listen those jobs are all taken by those who can work 30 cents cheaper what do you think I'm here working for my father you people took the jobs not everyone's as lucky to work for their old man as I am come on take a seat this is so good it's just a burger what do you people eat dogs it's a joke can't you take a joke so uh step you and your father Johnny sir right there at the St Louis World's Fair 1904. I've
heard of bears is it like a a carnival sort of people from around the world displayed their culture people from Africa China where you're from Philippines what about you what do you mean where is your family from from Ireland was your family in the fair we were attending not in it so the fair was a human soon see many women from your part of the world come over here I came here with my husband and brother let's see do you want to go call your husband you died last year sorry to hear it's just me
and my brother so how what happened to your other space see then my father was in the ninth infantry during the Philippine American war and he and his men were sleeping the Google's men came in cut their heads off in their sleep my father's face was held down and almost cut to Pieces when the Americans came and shot them after the war my father moved here got a job helping create Orchards creeping Orchards the soil on some of the fields can be hard pan use the clay so it's difficult to dig hole
s we use Dynamite to loosen up the soil and plant fruit trees our father's time on the war helped in that knowledge you work at one of those dance halls only on the weekends I work at the various Farm so you come here with your family to pick fruit sounds like life was better over there everyone wants the American dream what happened to your husband my mother died of tuberculosis you know uh Miriam at your work blonde hair blue eyes and I laugh you can hear across the room that's her she's a pop
ular girl don't worry we are not a brothel Filipino man come in they buy a dance ticket they they dance with who will happen and you don't see why this upsets people you have taxi Halls ours are the same it's not the same you've got our women dancing with brown monkeys in these dance halls now here some are having kids together it's just not right I mean obviously have a relationship we dated in high school ages ago she was my first love you miss her they pay you for dancing no I collect dance t
ickets I pass around drinks and collect clothes believe it my family has been running these farms for decades you island people want to steal our jobs now you want to steal our women we just want a better life just like your grandparents did what are the Filipino meant to do huh Court the women that come here with their husbands if I were you people I'd be grateful to let you in here instead you Googles are protesting vandalizing complaining if you don't like all this go back to the Philippines
there's a sign get rid of the Filipinos or we'll burn this down down written outside the Dancehall walls freedom of speech what can I tell you there was a group of men white men arrived armed guns they took Filipinos out of their homes he dragged them out of their bed beat them hang them more people vandalized kill why are we Savages when we finally stand up for ourselves but you do the exact same thing and call it freedom of speech you sound like Miriam we just couldn't agree on politics not po
litics it's just people shop will you Miriam's family started employing gugus taking jobs away from us my father saw who your people truly were Miriam just didn't want to believe it I'll just pass it through grab another drink will you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] I'll save the best for last thank you I want you to try it this is the best apple pie I've ever had you know what I've got all sorts of Pies if you can cherry all kinds of desserts oh no Bakery one day and
you should sell them here there's only so much you can do I've been working on these pastries it's kind of my dream you should open up the bakery you're very talented you know what you're right I should we have this uh Buko pie it's a coconut custard my brother makes them for me all the time I'm sure he would love to that sure sounds good I'd want to try that shoot my friends are gonna be here soon you can't be here when they get here have you ever heard of Watsonville it's two hours south of he
re I've never been there my brother came to visit me on Christmas I was renting a room above the clubhouse since my husband had passed I went to work and I see him with this woman long hair blue eyes funny laughs she didn't even collect the dance ticket she just enjoy this company a few days ago a group of men drove by a boarding house filled with Filipinos and open fired [Music] they shot my brother in the heart [Music] [Music] I went to work tonight to distract myself [Music] and I hear the so
und of dynamite in the clubhouse erupts in the fire sorry about the dance hall please I didn't shoot anybody [Music] but your friends did my friends are gonna be here any moment please now you know fear [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign
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Raw and powerful. For once and for all, I wish we could have learned something from our past.
Wow I just watched this with no knowledge of what I was about to actually watch!!! I am from New Zealand and we the tribes of mother earth have similar stories to share, so much sadness and anger. These actors were great and I would love to shake their hands BRAVO
Good short film. Good acting. Great pace--never got bored. Nice to have some aknowledgement to the Filipino community. I'm a Stocktonian, but not a TRUE one. In 1964, I was born at San Joaquin General Hospital, in a little town called, French Camp, about 5 miles south of City Hall. Raised on Grant Street, I was able to enjoy downtown in the 1970's. The Cross-Town freeway, took out most of, "Little Manila." Seen The Fox sign, now The Bob Hope Theatre, really caught my attention. Also, the Stockton Record, on the table brought some nice detail to the film. All of the posters of the famous boxer, "Little Joe," have been taken down. The last standing monument is the, "Filipino Center." Thanks to all who worked on this project.
A piece of history I was not aware of! I am now. This moving short led me to do some research.
A truly amazing short film, with a historical instance I was totally ignorant of. THANK YOU!
Superb. Thank you. A horrible history I was ignorant of until now.
Well shot - wonderful lighting - sub-standard dialogue - he was unconvincing - she was wonderful.
Thank you for a beautifully realized true story and metaphor about humanity’s circular and ancient inhumanity.
Great short!! Alot was said/acted in a few minutes not hours. Glad it was to educate us as well!
Wow! I felt myself contracting every time he spoke, and relaxing every time she responded. Loved the ending. Bravo
Nice acting both of them thanks for sharing.
Oh yeah, that was excellent all the way through to a fine ending. I've subscribed and will let others know that this is what we've been looking for: human interest movies not CGI cartoons taking up the big screens.
Great acting…great writing. The dialectical banter like walking amidst political landmines buried in a soil of universal human connection that sometimes provides a safe path to walk along and sometimes hides the danger beneath. I was married to someone whose parents came to US in their 20s and I never knew about that war nor the Watsonville race riots (can we please start calling them ethnic riots?). I noticed his family had no tolerance for anything negative and when something hard was brought up which was rare, such as his mother recalling her father ducking into the bushes and leaving her on the road when Japanese were shooting, they laughed. I came from tough backround in US which i too was ignoring so I also “looked only on the sunny side” but was older and changing a little bit. My family didn’t talk about the hardships the Irish suffered; i only found out later when reading Frank McCourt’s books. Overall i don’t think the Irish were treated as badly as some other ethnicities and less recently also. Nonethelesss, generational PTSD and the cycle of violence when victimized become perpetrators is saturated in so many families about which nothing is said of the roots.
Wonderful portrayal of a dark and shameful part of California history. Lovely shots within the diner.
Well and truly disturbing. We are totally ignorant over here (Scotland) with all that Racism crap that went on. As our famous Bard wrote "We're all Jock Tamson's Bairns". Nice acting and story - Enjoyed this educational short film 👍
Showing so much with so little. It was great.
I hope this goes viral soon. It's a really important story.
Bravo for being brave and instilling fear against these bastards
eye opener indeed!
Loved it