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Asian Americans

Asian Americans

★ 10.0/10•2020•1h 0m•Documentary•War & Politics
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This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 11, 2020

Episodes

Episode 1 - Breaking GroundE160m

Breaking Ground

In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Barred by anti-Asian laws they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants,” yet they build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen, and take their fight for equality to the U.S. Supreme Court.

May 11, 2020

E260m

A Question of Loyalty

An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands in Japan and Korea. Those loyalties are tested during World War II, when families are imprisoned in detention camps, and brothers find themselves on opposite sides of the battle lines.

May 11, 2020

E360m

Good Americans

During the Cold War years, Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a Model Minority, and targeted as the perpetual foreigner. It is also a time of bold ambition, as Asian Americans aspire for the first time to national political office and a coming culture-quake simmers beneath the surface.

May 12, 2020

E460m

Generation Rising

During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identity: Asian Americans. The war’s aftermath brings new immigrants and refugees who expand the population and the definition of Asian America.

May 12, 2020

Episode 5 - Breaking ThroughE560m

Breaking Through

At the turn of the new millennium, the national conversation turns to immigration, race, and economic disparity. As the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided, a new generation of Asian Americans tackle the question, how do we as a nation move forward together?

May 13, 2020

Actors

Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Dae Kim

Narrator (voice)

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Narrator (voice)

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

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Greg Watanabe

Greg Watanabe

Self

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Self

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

Self (archive footage)

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