Abstract:

"The story of San Francisco's most famous housing confrontation is the story of the Manong, aging Filipino immigrants who came to the U.S. as young men in search of better lives for themselves and their families. Thousands were never reunited with their loved-ones. Many of these men lived in the International Hotel, a Manilatown landmark and community center slated for 'redevelopment' in the seventies. The film captures their decade long struggle and their final eviction in a controversial predawn raid by over 300 city marshals, undaunted by thousands of protesters who formed a human wall around the building."