A Filipino in America

The earliest known film directed by a Filipino American, A Filipino in America was the thesis project of Dr. Doroteo B. Ines, who received his master’s degree in cinematography from the University of Southern California. The silent film explores the experiences of a young Filipino man who immigrates to America as part of the Pensionado Act, which financed the education of Filipinos to study in the United States. Ines documents the labor precarity and racism that defined the Filipino experience in America.