Daniel Dae Kim
Narrator (voice)
Asian Americans (2020)
Season 1
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.
Released May 11, 2020
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, War
Keywords: tmdb.usa-history, tmdb.social-cultural-documentary, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.group, imdb.politics-documentary, imdb.asian-american
Watch Providers: Hoopla, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, KQED, Thirteen, WETA+
Production Companies: Center for Asian American Media Production, ITVS, WETA
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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, midnight
S1E2 - 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, midnight
S1E3 - 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, midnight
S1E4 - 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, midnight
S1E5 - 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, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 300 min.
Released: May 11, 2020
Last Air Date: May 13, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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