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I WAS THERE: As Restaurant Workers Struggle, This Man Fields Their Calls
Since March the calls haven’t stopped for Manuel Villanueva, a community organizer with the Restaurant Opportunities Center. Thousands of cooks, waiters and dishwashers have struggled since then to survive since the shut down orders. In this episode of I WAS THERE, Villanueva recalls a particularly painful phone call and share how being on the receiving end of such calls is at times overwhelming.
About the Series
"I WAS THERE" is about telling a great story. This series of first-person accounts breaks current and historical events down to human scale, carefully taking the viewer behind some of Southern California’s biggest headlines.
Production team
Executive Producer: Karen Foshay
Producers: Tori Edgar, Denise Chan & Michael Ray
Photographers: Trevor Jackson, Karen Foshay
Editor/Graphics: Michael Ray, Andy Viner
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