Turbans

Turbans

🎞️ Movie 30 min
โ˜… 8.8 /10 2000

In 1918, an Indian immigrant family moves from California to Astoria, Oregon. Although the Singh children are born in the United States, they are referred to as "Hindus" or "Ragheads" and rarely treated as Americans. The daughter, Rani, is ignored and rejected by the other children, while her two brothers, Ranjit and Kishan, are taunted and ultimately attacked for being different. In the Sikh religion hair is sacred, and the parents must decide whether their sons can continue the practice of wearing their hair long, wrapped beneath their turbans, or cut their hair to better assimilate and gain social acceptance. The film is based on the memoirs of director Erika Surat Andersen's grandmother, Kartar Dhillon, who lived in Astoria as a girl.

Cast

Meera Simhan
Meera Simhan
Mrs. Singh - Mother
Kavi Raz
Kavi Raz
Mr. Singh - Father
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Shishir Kurup
Shaheed
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Juhi Dudani
Rani
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Neil Merchant
Ranjit
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Yogananda Touzene
Kishan
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Kartar Dhillon
Narrator
Mike Genovese
Mike Genovese
School Principal
Nancy Hower
Nancy Hower
Teacher
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Rajeev Chhibber
Kuldeep
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Paul Z. Livingstone
Composer
Jules Labarthe
Jules Labarthe
Cinematographer