Week 8, Session 2

I. Introduction:

II. Oral History Interviews

A. Reclamation

B. Critical Analysis

C.   Oral History Interviews and AWCP

III. “Dollar a Day, Ten Cents a Dance:   A Historic Portrait of Filipino Farmworkers in America,” Producers/Directors:   Geoffrey Dunn and Mark Schwartz, 1984; National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1995.

(These questions are repeated here for your convenience as we are viewing the film in class.)

1. "Dollar a Day, Ten Cents a Dance" features several oral history excerpts from Filipina/o American community members regarding the California agricultural experience.   What kinds of insights do we gain from these oral histories that might be more difficult to discern from other sources?  

2. What were the expectations of many of the Filipina/o Americans in "Dollar a Day" in coming to the United States, and what was the reality that they found?   How does the excerpt from Philip Vera Cruz’s oral history compare with the discussions of Filipina/o American interviewees in the film?

3. How does "Dollar a Day" along with AWCP help us to challenge the popular portrayal of the pre-1965 Filipina/o American community as a "bachelor society"?

4. How does the discussion of the Watsonville riot in the film compare and contrast with the depiction of the Watsonville riot in the articles in your reader?  

IV.   Concluding Remarks: