California Documentary Project
Grassroots Rising:
Asian-American Workers in Los Angeles
Asian-American Workers in Los Angeles"
Visual Communications Los Angeles
Project director: Leslie A. Ito
213/680-4462, ext. 39
lito_arts@yahoo.com
A one-hour documentary film portrait of low-wage immigrant workers from Asia as they struggle to improve their lives through community-based organizing.
We hear stories from garment workers, restaurant workers, security guards, parking lot attendants, and more. We follow workers as they try to unionize a Korean-owned market and find allies across ethnic lines in their struggle for fair wages and working conditions.
The documentary uses poetry, art and music as well as archival footage and worker stories to explore the complex reality of Asian-American workers in today's Los Angeles.