WeavingwithSpanishThreads.com In the early 1900s, thousands of Spaniards left their homeland in search of a better life. Some went to Argentina, others to Brazil, and even other, to Hawaii. Our story is about those who signed labor contracts to work in the sugar cane and pineapple plantations of Hawaii. And those laborers, in turn, became immigrants and United States citizens who later settled permanently in California. We see these events mostly through the eyes of one of the actual immigrants, Francisco Perez, who was 98 years old when we filmed him. In this trailer, we get short but telling glimpses of the marvelous memories he shared with us, but these are enough to fire the imagination and help us understand the momentous events of his life, and the hardships he and the other immigrants had to overcome. (We cover these more fully in our documentary “Weaving with Spanish Threads” http An interesting story in its own right, the tale of these Spanish immigrants reflects much of the general immigrant experience on which the United States in general, and Hawaii and California, are founded. To find out more, go to www.WeavingwithSpanishThreads.com