Does the Best Indian Food Come From a Truck Stop? 🚛 | Spice Road

What do truckers and tandooris have in common? Actor Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains) travels to the highly-acclaimed Punjabi Dhaba in Bakersfield, California, to find out. He learns about immigrant Balvinder Singh Saini’s journey from truck driver to dhaba owner and is joined by celebrated actor and comedian, Nik Dodani (Dear Evan Hansen, Escape Room). This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the PBS channel for more clips:    / pbs   Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere, with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW US: Facebook:   / pbs   Twitter:   / pbs   Instagram:   / pbs   TikTok:   / pbs   Shop: https://shop.pbs.org/ More About Independent Lens Independent Lens is America’s home for independent documentary film. Each week the award-winning series delivers engaging documentaries crafted by the industry’s boldest filmmakers. Independent Lens films have won 19 Emmy Awards, 16 Peabody Awards, five duPont-Columbia University Awards, and have received 10 Academy Award nominations. Independent Lens won the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2022 International Documentary Association (IDA) Award for Best Continuing Series. #Documentary #PBSShortDocs #IndianFood #SouthAsianCuisine #PBSFood #Dhaba Featuring Punjabi Dhaba All India Sweets & Grocery Rupali Redd August Redd Venkata Chalapathi Samudrala Balvinder Singh Saini Mansi Tiwari Nik Dodani Host / Producer Rupak Ginn Director / Producer Sami Khan Producer Vicky Lee Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer Lois Vossen Executive in Charge of Production Royd Chung Senior Manager, Short-Form Content Pamela Torno Supervising Producers Susan Cohen Clare Chambers Editor Jaron Henrie-McCrea Director of Photography Matthew Garland Original Music Alam Khan Sound Recordist Veronica Lopez Post Sound Michael Gassert Assistant Camera Ryan Miller Colorist Jeffrey Sousa Online Editor Joshua Wilmott Archival Producer Adrián Gutiérrez Archival Researcher Manuel Martínez Editorial Consultant Hena Ashraf Rupak Ginn Wardrobe Venk Modur Archival Footage and Images VideoLand / POND5 Azurita / POND5 MSPhotographic / POND5 Paramount The New York Times Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Karanhjvhh / Wikimedia Commons Avantiputra7 / Wikimedia Commons WeAre / Storyblocks Sergey Gribanov / Storyblocks CBS Netflix Universal Studios Maplegutter / Wikimedia Commons Rebooted Mom Sonja Pauen - Stanhopea / Wikimedia Commons Flying Fourchette Kanak's Kitchen Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture / Wikimedia Commons Independent Lens Short-Form Funding Provided By: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Acton Family Giving Ford Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Wyncote Foundation National Endowment for the Arts SPICE ROAD is a co-production of MIRAFILMS, LLC and ITVS, with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB) This program was produced by MiraFilms, LLC which is solely responsible for its content. © 2023 MIRAFILMS LLC. All Rights Reserved.