Asian Americans
Asian Americans
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Asian Americans

10.0 / 10
2020
1 season
5 episodes
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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Asian Americans: PBS documentary series | KQED

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Seasons

  • Breaking Ground

    1.Breaking Ground

    11-05-202060m

    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 “undocumen...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Question of Loyalty

    11-05-202060m

    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 impr...

  • Ep 3

    3.Good Americans

    12-05-202060m

    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 Am...

  • Ep 4

    4.Generation Rising

    12-05-202060m

    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 a...

  • Breaking Through

    5.Breaking Through

    13-05-202060m

    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 generatio...

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