Asian Americans

Asian Americans

Ended First aired 11/May/2020 United States English 1 season(s) 5 episode(s)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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.
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Season 1 · Season 1
5 episode(s) · Air date: 11/May/2020
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S1E5
Breaking Through
Air date: 13/May/2020 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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?

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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?

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Generation Rising
Air date: 12/May/2020 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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Good Americans
Air date: 12/May/2020 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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A Question of Loyalty
Air date: 11/May/2020 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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Breaking Ground
Air date: 11/May/2020 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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Daniel Dae Kim
Daniel Dae Kim
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Tamlyn Tomita
Tamlyn Tomita
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Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh
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Greg Watanabe
Greg Watanabe
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Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
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Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong
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Geeta Gandbhir
Geeta Gandbhir
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Grace Lee
Grace Lee
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Renee Tajima-Peña
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S. Leo Chiang
S. Leo Chiang
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