Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland
- TV Movie
- 2008
- 30m
Filled with chop suey houses, gambling dens, and dance halls, Little Manila was the area in Stockton notoriously called, "Skid Row," but it was also the closest thing Filipinos had to a home... Read allFilled with chop suey houses, gambling dens, and dance halls, Little Manila was the area in Stockton notoriously called, "Skid Row," but it was also the closest thing Filipinos had to a hometown. In its heyday in the 30s, this lively area had the largest population of Filipinos o... Read allFilled with chop suey houses, gambling dens, and dance halls, Little Manila was the area in Stockton notoriously called, "Skid Row," but it was also the closest thing Filipinos had to a hometown. In its heyday in the 30s, this lively area had the largest population of Filipinos outside of the Philippines. We tell the story of Jimmy Ente, Jr., a longtime Stockton resid... Read all