Grassroots Rising is a documentary about community-based labor organizing in the Asian Pacific American community in Los Angeles. An antidote to model minority myths, this film tells the stories of modern day working families as they take control of their lives against the forces of globalization and exploitation, from the sweatshops at El Monte to the market workers striking against the Assi Market in Koreatown. This project is produced by Visual Communications, with the extensive support of local Los Angeles labor organizations including Korean Immigrant Worker Advocates, Garment Worker Center, Pilipino Worker Center, and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
Grassroots Rising is a Visual Communications production involving a collaboration between several media artists in the VC family.
Robert C. Winn, the Director and Co-producer, is a Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker and parent. His previous films include Saigon, USA, as shown on public television, and he is currently developing a project on language, culture, and healthcare.
Leslie Ito, the Producer, is the Executive Director of Visual Communications, the nation’s premiere Asian Pacific American media arts center.
Alison De La Cruz, the writer, is a community-based artist, producer, performer, cultural activist and ate (older sister). She is a California Arts Council Artist in Residence with Visual Communications. Her work is featured on the L.A. Enkanto cd "In Our Blood: Filipina/o American Spoken Word and Poetry in Los Angeles" and in "Going Home to a Landscape: Writing by Filipinas" (Calyx Books).
Timothy Jieh, the editor and graphic designer, comes from a background in visual arts working in traditional medias and is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he now lives and works in Los Angeles as an independent filmmaker and editor.
The music is being coordinated by Wendell Pascual with Jesson Duller and Rani, who work together as IMU. Wendell Pascual proclaims that music has saved his life and given him direction. A graphic designer by day he produces and engineers for KPFK 90.7 fm's Aziatik Rhythmz. He practices vinyl acupuncture and ayurvedic crate digging.
winn@aya.yale.edu
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Grassroots Rising
8:00 excerpt from 56:40 piece, DV, USA, expected completion 2005
Program: Globalize This!
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