A brief examination of the challenges facing the Sikh community in a post-9/11 New York City that erroneously associates the Sikh turban (or dastaar) with terrorism and Islamic extremists.
Dastaar: Defending Sikh Identity (2004) Online
- Original Title :
- Dastaar: Defending Sikh Identity
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / Short
- Year :
- 2004
- Directror :
- Kevin B. Lee
- Cast :
- Gurcharan Singh,Rajinder Singh Khalsa,Amardeep Singh
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 13min
- Rating :
- 8.6/10
A brief examination of the challenges facing the Sikh community in a post-9/11 New York City that erroneously associates the Sikh turban (or dastaar) with terrorism and Islamic extremists.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Gurcharan Singh | - | Himself - Restaurant owner |
| Rajinder Singh Khalsa | - | Himself - Spiritual leader |
| Amardeep Singh | - | Himself - Legal Director, The Sikh Coalition |
| Amric Singh Rathour | - | Himself - NYPD traffic officer |
| Supreet Kaur | - | Herself - Regional Director, The Sikh Coalition |
| Kevin Harrington | - | Himself - MTA subway conductor |
| Prabhjot Singh | - | Himself - Operations Director, The Sikh Coalition |
| Thomas Brand | - | Himself - Assaulted a Sikh man on Long Island Rail Road |
| Kevin B. Lee | - | Himself (as Kevin Lee) |
| Josh Weisbrot | - | Himself |