Richard Fung’s latest film, Dal Puri Diaspora:
The recipe for dal puri traveled with
indentured workers from India’s Gangetic plain to southern Caribbean colonies
of Britain and the Netherlands in the 19th Century. In the 1960s the wrapped
roti migrated from Trinidad to North America, where it is known as Caribbean or
West Indian roti and is popular in cities like New York and Toronto. As the
dish moved from home fire to street stall to restaurant chain, and from
festival to fast food, the flatbread was radically transformed in ingredients,
cooking method, ways of eating and identity. Shot in Toronto, Trinidad and
India, this documentary tracks dal puri’s remarkable passage across space and
time, linking colonialism, migration and the globalization of tastes. The
documentary features interviews with leading food writers and scholars
including Pushpesh Pant, Naomi Duguid, Brinsley Samaroo, Radhika Mongia and
Patricia Mohammed.
Dal Puri
Diaspora,
2012, Richard Fung, 80 min., HD video, Canada, dialogue:
English and Bhojpuri with English subtitles.
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