In the Shadow of Borders & Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Movement

Part of the Special Event series: Femdoc: Women & Documentary

Tuesday
Mar 29
06:00 pm

Speakers:
Professor Mustafa Koc, Sociology & Centre for Studies in Food Security at Ryerson
Adriana Paz Ramirez and Gabriel Allahdua from Justicia for Migrant Workers
Representative from Students Against Migrant Exploitation, Ryerson

In the Shadow of Borders

Multiple Directors / Canada / 2015 / 37 ' / English - French - Spanish / S.T. English - French - Spanish

In Production

Is Canada the welcoming country for migrants it likes to call itself?

Synopsis

Is Canada the welcoming country for migrants it likes to call itself? In the Shadow of Borders challenges this myth and, through personal stories of detention, denial of essential services, labour exploitation and deportation, exposes how precarious are the lives of those without status.

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Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers Movement

Marissa Aroy / United States / 2014 / 30 ' / English

In Production

DELANO MANONGS explores the little known history of the Filipinos involved in the United Farm Workers Union (UFW).

Synopsis

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).

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