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- "Pastures of Plenty: Sailing East: Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos in the Fields"
- Summary: Program 1 in a four part series about farmworker history.
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Review of Pastures of Plenty: Sailing East: Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos in the Fields
Michael Johnson
Posted on March 20, 2007 at 10:05 PM
California's historical relationship with asian and filipino farmworkers is skillfully rendered in this first of a four part series .It is narrated by playwright Luis Valdez at the top and bottom, byt this piece really shines when the producer, Rachel Anne Goodman, takes over the mic and guides the listener directly to the workers involved in this rich, yet often hidden story of the men and women who harvested California's fields, and helped to feed the nation,
This would be a great series for the week of the 1st of May.