In Search of Bengali Harlem | Trailer
Preview: Season 12 Episode 5 | 1m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents.
As a teen, Alaudin Ullah was swept up by the energy of hip-hop and rebelled against his Bangladeshi roots. Now a playwright contending with post-9/11 Hollywood’s Islamophobia, he sets out to tell his parents’ stories. IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM tracks his quest from mid-20th-century Harlem to Bangladesh, unveiling intertwined histories of South Asian Muslims, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.
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 | Trailer
Preview: Season 12 Episode 5 | 1m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
As a teen, Alaudin Ullah was swept up by the energy of hip-hop and rebelled against his Bangladeshi roots. Now a playwright contending with post-9/11 Hollywood’s Islamophobia, he sets out to tell his parents’ stories. IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM tracks his quest from mid-20th-century Harlem to Bangladesh, unveiling intertwined histories of South Asian Muslims, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(soft music) ALAUDIN: Growing up in East Harlem, I was getting bullied, and all the kids like, "Yo, your mom talks funny.
What's that she's wearing?"
This was the beginning of when I just totally abandoned and rebelled against anything that was Bangladeshi or Muslim.
NATASHA DEL TORO: A journey to uncover his family's history takes Alaudin Ullah from Harlem to Bangladesh.
Alaudin: There's a void in my life, like I really have to know who my father is.
(water splashes) And that's your family waiting for you.
NATASHA: A family story of immigration, community and identity.
Alaudin: He risked so much, they broke the law to come to another country.
I wanna create narratives where we don't have to be ashamed of our skin, our ethnicity, and our name.
There's so many stories, we've been omitted from history NATASHA: In search of Bengali Harlem on America Reframed.
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In Search of Bengali Harlem | A Father's Past
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What do you know about the person you know as your father? Alaudin Ullah was surprised to find out. (55s)
In Search of Bengali Harlem | An Identity in Hip Hop
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Alaudin Ullah talks about his love for hip hop and rejecting his roots when he was growing up. (1m 34s)
In Search of Bengali Harlem | Growing Up Bengali American
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Alaudin Ullah opens up about growing up in Harlem as a Bengali American kid. (56s)
In Search of Bengali Harlem | Preview
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A Harlem playwright unearths the extraordinary pasts of his Bangladeshi immigrant parents. (30s)
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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.