The new Puritans : the Sikhs of Yuba City / produced and edited by Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam ; John Street Productions.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Tenzing Sonam, producer, editor of moving image work.
• Sarin, Ritu, 1960- producer, editor of moving image work.
• John Street Productions, production company.

Series:

• Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Sikhs--California--Yuba City.
• Sikhs--Cultural assimilation--California.
• Sikhs--California--Ethnic identity.

Genre:

• Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 minutes)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, 1985.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The New Puritans was made over a period of three years when we were students in the Bay Area. It was a learning experience in the craft of filmmaking as much as it was an exploration of the Punjabi Sikh community in the Yuba City area of Northern California. The film traces the history of this unique community -- the largest rural concentration of Sikhs outside the Punjab -- and focuses on the inevitable generational conflict between traditional value systems and customs and the increasing influence of American ideas and ways.

Participant:

Narrated by Jeff Wagner.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021).

OCLC:

1264103271