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PRIMETIME EMMYS® 1X nominee in 2023

United Shades Of America

Follow comedian and political provocateur W. Kamau Bell as he explores communities across America to understand the unique challenges they face.
IMDb 7.120167 episodes
TV-14
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Episodes

  1. S7 E1 - The Woke War
    July 9, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Kamau visits Arizona, on the front lines of a culture war, where the term “woke” has become a fight for control of the nation's future. Kamau talks with parents and educators to hear both sides of CRT and how it is being used as a weapon.
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  2. S7 E2 - Black in Appalachia
    July 16, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Appalachians are generally pictured as White working class Americans. A largely unknown population of Black Americans have called it home since the time of the conquistadors and contributed to American culture in overlooked ways.
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  3. S7 E3 - Athletes And The Cost Of Winning
    July 23, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    While sports can be exhilarating, they come with intensity and pressure that can compromise athletes’ mental health. Kamau heads to the legendary sports town of Boston to find out how athletes are speaking up and leading change.
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  4. S7 E4 - California is Burning
    July 30, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Years of drought and extreme heat waves in California have seen wildfires grow in frequency, intensity and size. The crisis is fueled by mismanagement of land, corporate greed and climate change. How do we learn to coexist with wildfire?
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  5. S7 E5 - Asian Americans in The Spotlight
    August 6, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Through interviews with Asian American celebrities, Kamau traces the history of negative stereotypes and the portrayals of Asian Americans in comedy, examining how stereotypes contributed to violence and racism towards Asian Americans.
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  6. S7 E6 - The Landback Movement
    August 13, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Kamau travels to the Black Hills of South Dakota, known for millennia to Native people as “the heart of everything that is.” Native leaders explain the Landback Campaign and demand the USA honor its treaties and return all public lands.
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  7. S7 E7 - Hawaii for Hawaiians
    August 20, 2022
    42min
    TV-14
    Encouraged by the state, mainlanders flocked to Hawaii in the pandemic. But, Native Hawaiians are now begging people to stop visiting and moving to Hawaii, where the rising cost of living makes it the most expensive state in the country.
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usefoul language
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Morgan FallonSarah Holm JohansenHelen M. ChoGillian BrownRaza NaqviGopi ShastriSally FreemanAbigail Harper
Producers
Not Specified
Starring
W. Kamau BellW. Kamau Bell
Studio
discovery plus Lifestyle
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