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Roots in the Sand.

ROOTS IN THE SAND challenges prevailing impressions of the rugged frontier by enriching the landscape with stalwart Sikh, Moslem and Hindu settlers in this Mexican-Punjabi version of the "taming of the Wild West. Federal laws prevented "non-white Caucasians" like themselves from going...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Center for Asian American Media, 1998.
Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Subjects:
Ethnicity.
Emigration and immigration.
Asians.
Documentary films.
National characteristics, Asian.
Ethnicité.
Émigration et immigration.
Asiatiques.
Documentaires.
National characteristics, Asian
Asians
Documentary films
Emigration and immigration
Ethnicity
documentary film.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:ROOTS IN THE SAND challenges prevailing impressions of the rugged frontier by enriching the landscape with stalwart Sikh, Moslem and Hindu settlers in this Mexican-Punjabi version of the "taming of the Wild West. Federal laws prevented "non-white Caucasians" like themselves from going home to marry, importing brides, or becoming American citizens. Instead, they married Mexican fieldworkers - women with the same color as themselves - with the blessings of sympathetic county clerks and judges. Through a combined use of extensive archival material and extensive interviews, ROOTS IN THE SAND paints a Wild West that demanded not only physical stamina, but an indomitable spirit as well.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Film.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): .flv file, sound