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Gurdeep Singh Bains

Beverly Shaffer · Canada · Documentary · 12 min · 7.9K views

Directed by Beverly Shaffer · Starring Gurdeep Singh Bains · 1977

A thirteen-year-old Sikh boy balances temple, soccer and chores on his family's dairy farm in British Columbia, sometimes feeling different because of his turban.

A gentle 1970s portrait of growing up Sikh in rural Canada, from an Oscar-winning documentarian.

Gurdeep is a thirteen-year-old Canadian Sikh whose family runs a dairy farm near Chilliwack, British Columbia. They have retained their language and religion. Attendance at the Sikh temple, playing soccer with his school

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