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.
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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.
In Search of Bengali Harlem follows Ullah from the streets of New York City to the villages of Bangladesh to uncover the pasts of his father, Habib, and mother, Mohima. Alaudin discovers that Habib ...