Filipino organizations in Alaska have worked to bring a documentary to Alaska called “Nurse Unseen.” The film will be shown at the Anchorage Museum tonight to spotlight a group of immigrants whose service and sacrifices are often overlooked.
It’s a theme that resonates in Alaska, where Filipinos are the largest immigrant group. They can be found at work in hospitals, nursing homes and in many jobs that are hard to fill.
Filipino nurses have a long history of filling in the gaps in the nation’s healthcare system that go back more than a century, when the U.S. colonized the Philippines and the military Americanized training for Filipino nurses.
When producers of “Nurse Unseen” began work on their documentary in 2019, they hoped to tell the story of how Filipino nurses are essential to the national healthcare system. Then came COVID-19…