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In Search of Bengali Harlem

(In Search of Bengali Harlem)
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Original Title : In Search of Bengali Harlem
Time : 84 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2022
Director : Vivek Bald, Alaudin Ullah
Writer : Vivek Bald, Beyza Boyacioglu, Alaudin Ullah
Producer : Susannah Ludwig
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English, Bengali
About : As a youth growing up in Harlem's Washington Carver Projects in the 1970s and 80s, Alaudin Ullah found himself through hip-hop and graffiti. He turned away from his Bangladeshi Muslim parents and rejected everything South Asian. Now, as an...See moreAs a youth growing up in Harlem's Washington Carver Projects in the 1970s and 80s, Alaudin Ullah found himself through hip-hop and graffiti. He turned away from his Bangladeshi Muslim parents and rejected everything South Asian. Now, as an actor facing the most stereotypical South Asian and Muslim roles, he realizes he has nothing but stereotypes about his own father and mother; he knows nothing about who they were and about the lives they led. In Search of Bengali Harlem follows Ullah from the streets of Harlem to the villages of Bangladesh to uncover the pasts of his father, Habib, and mother, Mohima. On the journey, he discovers that Habib was part of a hidden history of South Asian Muslim men. See less Read more: Plot summary

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