In Daly City, Filipino Culture Runs Deep

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Bay Curious listener Ricky Tjandra used to work helping international students find families to stay with in the Bay Area. In Daly City, he worked with many Filipino families, which got him wondering how the city became such a hub for Filipino Americans. Additional Reading In Daly City, the Bayanihan Spirit Is Alive and Well Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland Little Manila Perseveres: How FilipinX Leaders in Stockton Are Organizing For the Next Generation Reported by Amanda Stupi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho and Chris Hoff. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.

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0:00.0	From K-Q-QED. The I mean you know the running joke of Daily City is that the reason why it's so foggy is because
0:14.3	everyone opens up the rice cookers at the same time, right?
0:17.8	This is Patricio Janelza.
0:19.7	He directed the indie cult classic Lumpia and its recently released sequel
0:23.5	Lumpia with a vengeance.
0:25.1	Kavusta, gababai, and coh, all my sexy penoises.
0:29.2	The fictional Foggtown in the film is really his hometown,
0:32.9	Daily City.
0:33.8	Welcome to Fogtown, where over 60% of the population is Filipino.
0:39.7	Patricia shot the first Lumpia movie
0:41.6	when he was home on summer break from USC film school.
0:45.3	His friends are the actors, his neighbors, the extras, and the Filipino food staple
0:49.8	Lumpia, his hero's weapon of choice.
0:53.2	It's Lumpia, the Filipino eagle.
0:56.0	It's a very fun film, an action comedy,
0:58.8	but deals with sensitive issues of discrimination
1:01.4	against newer immigrants within the
1:03.2	Filipino community. It gave me an opportunity to talk about these
1:07.2	experiences through a wacky comic book filter. I met up with Patricio at his
1:11.8	old high school, Jefferson High High where he shot scenes for both movies
1:15.6	Growing up he didn't realize it was unusual to be surrounded by so many Filipino people
1:20.2	I thought it was like this everywhere else in the United States at that point.
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