Celebrate India Independence Day when Jayasri Hart's documentary about Sikhs and Mexicans in the Imperial Valley screens for Movies that Matter series. Filmmaker Hart will be on hand, along with members of some of the Sikh-Mexican families in film.
Here is a summary from pbs.org/rootsinthesand
"Jayasri Majumdar Hart's ROOTS IN THE SAND is a multi-generational portrait of pioneering Punjabi-Mexican families who settled, a century ago, in Southern California's Imperial Valley. Through the use of found footage, archival and family photographs, personal and public documents, Hart tells the touching and inspirational story of a community that grew out of a struggle for economic survival in the face of prejudice."
Admission: $5
Location:
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2125 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please visit: www.centroculturaldelaraza.org
or
Call: (619) 235-6135 or (619) 531-8950
Here is a summary from pbs.org/rootsinthesand
"Jayasri Majumdar Hart's ROOTS IN THE SAND is a multi-generational portrait of pioneering Punjabi-Mexican families who settled, a century ago, in Southern California's Imperial Valley. Through the use of found footage, archival and family photographs, personal and public documents, Hart tells the touching and inspirational story of a community that grew out of a struggle for economic survival in the face of prejudice."
Admission: $5
Location:
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2125 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please visit: www.centroculturaldelaraza.org
or
Call: (619) 235-6135 or (619) 531-8950
