The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement (movie)
- User score: 10
- Production country: US
- Producer: Marissa Aroy
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 5/10/2014
- Run time: 28 min.
Movie description
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’s finest hours – 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’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.
