Roots in the Sand. 

 - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes):  digital, .flv file, sound 
<br/><br/> Title from title frames.  Film  In Process Record. 
<br/><br/> Originally produced by Center for Asian American Media in 1998. 
<br/><br/> ROOTS IN THE SAND challenges prevailing impressions of the rugged frontier by enriching the landscape with stalwart Sikh, Moslem and Hindu settlers in this Mexican-Punjabi version of the "taming of the Wild West. Federal laws prevented "non-white Caucasians" like themselves from going home to marry, importing brides, or becoming American citizens. Instead, they married Mexican fieldworkers - women with the same color as themselves - with the blessings of sympathetic county clerks and judges. Through a combined use of extensive archival material and extensive interviews, ROOTS IN THE SAND paints a Wild West that demanded not only physical stamina, but an indomitable spirit as well. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>12341706  Kanopy 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnicity.<br/>Emigration and immigration.<br/>Asians.<br/>Documentary films.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Documentary films.