Taxi-vala/Auto-biography

Release date: 1994-01-01
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Genres: Documentary
A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New York City while also questioning the filmmaker's relationship to these South Asian immigrants and to his mixed-race heritage.
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