Asian Americans

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Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played. (official site)

Major funding for ASIAN AMERICANS is provided by Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Ford Foundation/Just Films; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Freeman Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Kay Family Foundation; Long Family Foundation; Spring Wang and California Humanities.

Featured Videos

• Breaking Ground

  Ep1 | 54m 11s

• A Question of Loyalty

  Ep2 | 54m 1s

• Good Americans

  Ep3 | 54m 11s

Episodes

• Breaking Through

  Ep5 | 53m 34s

• Generation Rising

  Ep4 | 54m 11s

• Good Americans

  Ep3 | 54m 11s

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Extras

• "It Reminds Me I Have a Legacy To Live Up To"

  Clip | 4m 10s

• Asian Americans Preview

  Preview | 1m

• ‘We Farmworkers Should Have an Organization of Our Own’

  Clip | 1m 41s

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