Turbans / Different Drum Productions presents ; a film by Erika Surat Andersen ; producer, Carol Ruiz ; written, directed and produced by Erika Surat Andersen.

Based on the memoirs of the film-maker's grandmother, this film explores the inner struggles of an Asian Indian immigrant family torn between their cultural traditions and a desire for social acceptance. Members of one of the first East Indian families to settle on the West Coast of America, the Sin...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Different Drum Productions
Center for Asian American Media
Other Authors: Andersen, Erika (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)
Ruiz, Carol (Producer)
Raz, Kavi (Actor)
Dudani, Juhi (Actor)
Merchant, Neil (Actor)
Touzene, Yogananda (Actor)
Simhan, Meera (Actor)
Dhillon, Kartar
Language:English
Indic (Other)
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and unknown Indic language with English subtitles.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Distributed by Center for Asian American Media, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:
Dhillon, Kartar.
East Indian Americans > Oregon > Biography.
East Indian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Sikhs > Oregon > Biography.
Sikhs > Cultural assimilation > Oregon.
Racism > Oregon.
Oregon > Race relations.
East Indian Americans.
Race relations.
Racism.
Sikhs.
Sikhs > Cultural assimilation.
Oregon.
Documentary-style films.
Film adaptations.
Short films.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary-style films.
Film adaptations.
Short films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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