Asian Americans

The history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans.

Episodes

About Asian Americans

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.

Extras

  • ‘If You Were in That Circle, You Are Going to Be Arrested’

  • ‘They Liked to Pit the Mexicans Against the Filipinos’

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

  • A Louisiana Family Discovers Their South Asian Roots

  • Asians Were America’s First “Undocumented Immigrants”