In Search of Bengali Harlem | A Father's Past
Clip: Season 12 Episode 5 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
What do you know about the person you know as your father? Alaudin Ullah was surprised to find out.
Growing up, Alaudin Ullah was at odd with his parents and his Bengali culture. Now as an adult, Ullah is learning about who his father was and how he immigrated to America, and the meeting and marriage between his parents. What he uncovers throughout his journey is eye opening.
Funding for America ReFramed provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and Reva and David Logan Foundation.
In Search of Bengali Harlem | A Father's Past
Clip: Season 12 Episode 5 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Growing up, Alaudin Ullah was at odd with his parents and his Bengali culture. Now as an adult, Ullah is learning about who his father was and how he immigrated to America, and the meeting and marriage between his parents. What he uncovers throughout his journey is eye opening.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAlaudin Ullah: I think what I kn was kind of like bullet points.
My dad left Noakhali and got on a ship sometime in th We don't know the age.
He landed in the Lower East Side Then he eventually moved to East (casual rhythmic music) He married a Puerto Rican woman, had my stepbrother and my stepsi and then his wife, Victoria, had an aneurysm and she died.
So 20 years had gone by, and he was pretty much alone, and his asthma got really bad.
He went to Bangladesh to look for a young bride to take care of him.
My mom was the best prospect because she was divorced, but there was a big age differen My mom was in her twenties and my dad was in his sixties.
That's the extent of what I knew I really didn't know the specifi
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