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"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

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SAN DIEGO—Screening of WALKING INTO THE UNKNOWN (Jutti Kasoori): A History of Punjabi Women in California at the Women’s Film Festival

April 20, 2019 @ 7:00 am10:00 am

Wedding Photo, Punjab, India, 1979. Courtesy of Pushpinder Kaur

SAN DIEGO—View a documentary in which California’s South Asian Punjabi women share their extraordinary life stories over the last century in dramatic eyewitness accounts and rare archival footage. Pioneer women describe their extensive contributions to peach farming and to the revival of the religious and cultural life of the Punjabi community in the Central Valley. Younger women try to balance their professional ambitions with their family duties, culture and faith. Saturday, April 20, 2019, 2 pm Lyceum Theater 79 Horton Plaza San Diego, CA 92101 In English and Punjabi with English subtitles. To purchase tickets, go to the Women’s Film Festival @ https://www.womensfilmfestivalsandiego.com This project is supported by a Humanities for All Project Grant.

Venue

Lyceum Theater
79 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101 United States
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