In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a new docu-series, America Divided will premiere Friday, September 30, 2016 at 9:00pm ET/PT on EPIX. American Divided is created by Solly Granatstein, Lucian Read, and Richard Rowley, with executive producers Norman Lear, Common and Shonda Rhimes. DividedFilms produces in association with RadicalMedia.
An eight-story, five-part TV series, America Divided features “…narratives around inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system.” Correspondents include: Common, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Zach Galifianakis, Norman Lear, Amy Poehler, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jesse Williams, exploring aspects of inequality, related to their own lives.
The five, 60-minute episodes will air as follows: premiere on September 30 at 9:00pm ET/PT, 8C; Episode 2 on October 7, Episode 3 on October 14, Episode 4 on October 28, and the finale on November 4.
Watch the official America Divided TV show trailer.
America Divided: Jesse Williams.
America Divided: Amy Poehler.
America Divided: Norman Lear.
America Divided: Peter Sarsgaard.
Learn more about the America Divided TV show from a multi-show press release.
Oscar®-winning hip-hop artist Common returns to his hometown of Chicago — ground zero for disparities in the criminal justice system. Actress Rosario Dawson travels to Flint, Michigan to investigate the man-made disaster behind the city’s water crisis. Emmy®– and Golden Globe®-winning actress America Ferrera travels to Texas, where migrants who have entered the country illegally are the focus of hostility, and where even US-born children are denied basic rights. Actor and comedian Zach Galifianakis investigates the political landscape in his home state of North Carolina and considers how it’s emblematic of the country’s deepening political divide during the 2016 campaign. Legendary TV producer Norman Lear, investigates gentrification and displacement in a city of people with no homes and homes with no people and goes undercover to expose racial discrimination in housing. Golden Globe®-winning and Emmy®-nominated actress and producer Amy Poehler reports on the complex challenges faced by domestic workers who maintain an intimate relationship with the families that employ them while also struggling for better conditions. Actor and activist Peter Sarsgaard explores the addiction crisis ravaging a heartland beset by unemployment and the shuttering of America’s factories. And “Grey’s Anatomy” star and former teacher Jesse Williams goes back to the classroom to study the battle to fix inequality in education and learns of a daunting school-to-prison pipeline. America Divided was created by Solly Granatstein (“Years Of Living Dangerously,” “60 Minutes”), Lucian Read (“Years of Living Dangerously,” 99%) and Richard Rowley (Dirty Wars, “Years of Living Dangerously”). Join the conversation about America Divided on Twitter with #AmericaDivided.
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I’ve watched two episodes of the America Divided series and they are an excellent source of information. . I keep abreast of the news, politics, etc. so I am aware that this series is reinforcing and clarifying information we’ve seen and it shines light on information we haven’t seen. I highly recommend the series to my family and friends because I believe we have to be aware of what’s going on in the country. I only saw part of the first episode (I hope it shows again), I watched the 2nd episode probably three or four times and the 3rd… Read more »
I’ll pass I’m already deeply depressed it is and I don’t trust the TV or media to tell everything.