PDUB Productions

Oil, oil! There’s oil in Historic Filipinotown! The ridge between Glendale Blvd. and Beverly Blvd. and Colton Ave. used to be an oil field where there were hundreds of oil companies and oil wells.

Every year, Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown is home to a holiday celebration and community gathering in the form of a Parol Parade, complete with homemade parols. The Parol Parade unifies the community in Historic Filipinotown.

The Pilipino Workers Center not only owns the only jeepney in Southern California but it is also a giant piece of mobile media. Executive Director of the Pilipino Workers Center, Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, talks about the history of the Jeepney and how it represents the Filipino culture in Historic Filipinotown.

Filipino Americans: A Glorious History, a Golden Legacy, by artist, Eliseo Art Silva, is the largest Filipino-American mural painted in the United States. Artist Eliseo Art Silva talks about the mural’s symbolism and hidden history.

Prior to moving to the U.S., Jerico would receive care packages, or Balikbayan boxes, from his father, who had moved to the U.S. when Jerico was just 5 years old.

A portrait of Los Angeles high school student Haydee and her mother, Lidia.

Miguel, currently a nursing student, finds motivation for success in his parents’ lost opportunities.

Sixteen-year-old Hi Fi resident Bien explains how life was different in the Philippines, in particular, the way he played basketball.