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[07/29/19 - 09:52 AM]
PBS and WETA Announce Groundbreaking Documentary Series "Asian Americans"
The series examines what the 2010 U.S. Census identifies as the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States.







ASIAN AMERICANS (PBS)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/11/20 - 5/12/20
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2019-2020 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (5 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled
DESCRIPTION:
(from PBS's press release, July 2019) Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS and WETA announced ASIAN AMERICANS, a new five-part documentary series currently in production and expected to broadcast in May 2020 on PBS. The series examines what the 2010 U.S. Census identifies as the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. Told through individual lives and personal histories, ASIAN AMERICANS explores the impact of this group on the country's past, present, and future. Led by a team of Asian American filmmakers, including Academy Award(R)-nominated series producer Renee Tajima-Peña (Who Killed Vincent Chin?, No Más Bebés), ASIAN AMERICANS examines the significant role of Asian Americans in shaping American history and identity, from the first wave of Asian immigrants in the 1850s and identity politics during the social and cultural turmoil of the twentieth century to modern refugee crises in a globally connected world.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Dalton Delan as EP
· Donald Young as EP
· Eurie Chung as PROD
· Geeta Gandbhir as PROD
· Grace Lee as PROD
· Jean Tsien as PROD
· Jeff Bieber as EP
· Mark Jonathan Harris as CP
· Renee Tajima-Peña as PROD
· S. Leo Chiang as PROD
· Sally Jo Fifer as EP
· Stephen Gong as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Center for Asian American Media
· Flash Cuts
· Independent Television Service
· Tajima-Peña Productions