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Patels Must Marry Patels

Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.

Aired 12/26/2016

Independent Lens

Patels Must Marry Patels

Clip: Season 18 Episode 2 | 36sVideo has Closed Captions

Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Meet the Patels, Ravi Patel arrives in India for a trip with his parents, who are very eager for him to marry, and not so eager for him to date a white woman. As Ravi explains, everyone in his huge family have the last name Patel. "Patels must marry Patels," meaning that all come from same region of India, not literally related.

Aired 12/26/2016

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Meet the Patels - Trailer

Preview: S18 Ep2 | 30s | Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016. (30s)

The Most Unnecessary Pep Speech

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Clip: S18 Ep2 | 1m 32s | Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016. (1m 32s)

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