SAHM - Pravãs Documentary - The Story Of Gujarati Migration & The Black Country (1950 - 1990)

Dedicated to those hailing from Gujarat, settling in the UK and those who are no longer with us Pravās tells the powerful and inspiring story of Gujarati Migration to the Black Country using memories collected from first- and second-generation elders and their families.

The first generation of Gujarati migrants were pioneers creating new communities and enriching the places they settled in, but their experiences have not been recorded or acknowledged in the mainstream local history world and timing is not crucial. Without this project this important aspect of the history of the Black Country will be lost totally.

Their history has shown how culture both retains its distinctiveness through migrations around the world but also adapts to the circumstances people find themselves in. The Gujarati communities brought a unique form of their culture to the UK, that became imbedded in and contributed to the British South Asian Culture we experience today.

With thanks to contributors Uma Patel, Suresh Patel, Jaswant Patel, Balvant Patel, Rekha Patel, Jashoda Patel, Fateh Patel, Champa Patel, Meena M Patel, Meena Patel, Chandrika Dhokia, Hansa Patel, Minaxi Patel, members of the Gujarati Association Wolverhampton and Hindu Association Bilston.

This project is supported by Heritage Lottery Fund