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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,...
Genres:DocumentaryWar & Politics
Network:PBS
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Season 1

  • Breaking Ground
    8.1/1014 votes
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    Breaking Ground

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/11/2020

    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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  • A Question of Loyalty
    7.6/1010 votes
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    A Question of Loyalty

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/11/2020

    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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  • Good Americans
    7.6/1010 votes
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    Good Americans

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/12/2020

    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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  • Generation Rising
    7.5/109 votes
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    Generation Rising

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2020

    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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  • Breaking Through
    7.2/107 votes
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    Breaking Through

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2020

    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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