An award winning historical short film set against the backdrop of the Watsonville race riots that set central California ablaze in 1930.
The anti-Filipino violence continued in California after the riots ended, spreading to Stockton, Salinas, San Francisco, and San Jose. In 1933, California enacted a law to prohibit marriages between Filipino and white residents. And in 1934 Congress reduced Filipino immigration to the US to just 50 people per year.
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