Radio broadcast of FilAm Art’s “Why We Gather” Project (2008) A brief oral history of Filipino Americans in Southern California and our need/desire to kick it with our peeps.
Here’s the link if that above stream doesn’t work:
http://snd.sc/pumScp
I thought I’d post this online during this year’s Filipino American History Month. Not enough people got to hear it the first go around but it’s a great peace of oral history. Something to share with younger generations as well as a classroom tool.
Produced by Fil-Am Arts. Made possible with a grant from the California Council for the Humanities
Interactive story gathering documentation project.
How Filipinos create human connections with each other in a multi-cultural So. Cal. environment.
Features field interviews and historical contexts from Fil-Am community leaders.
Originally aired 2008
This broadcast features:
Intro - Jilly Canizares
Project Overview - Glenda Gamboa
Historical Context - Melany Delacruz-Viesca
LA History - Florante Ibanez
Family Associations - Kat Carrido
Food - Gerlie Collado
Religion - Carolina San Juan
Community - Ernie Pena, Vanessa Vela Lovelace
Student Interviews – Vanessa Vela Lovelace with Doris Garcia and Michelle Saba / UCI , Nico LIna / UCLA
Hi-Fi Poly-Nation - Reanne Estrada
Thank Yous – Jilly Canizares, Glenda Gamboa
Recorded at KPFK Studios and Edited by Wendell Pascual
Music Selections by Joel Quizon
Featuring music by Susie Ibarra, Up Dharma Down, Dakila and more
