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Season 1

5 episodes · 11th May 2020

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Episode guide

Episodes

01 Breaking Ground still Breaking Ground Episode 111th May 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. 02 A Question of Loyalty still A Question of Loyalty Episode 211th May 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. 03 Good Americans still Good Americans Episode 312th May 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. 04 Generation Rising still Generation Rising Episode 412th May 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. 05 Breaking Through still Breaking Through Episode 513th May 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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Cast & Crew

01 Daniel Dae Kim profile Daniel Dae Kimas Narrator (voice) 02 Tamlyn Tomita profile Tamlyn Tomitaas Narrator (voice) 03 Sandra Oh profile Sandra Ohas Self 04 Greg Watanabe profile Greg Watanabeas Self 05 Sessue Hayakawa profile Sessue Hayakawaas Self 06 Anna May Wong profile Anna May Wongas Self (archive footage)
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