PBS American Portrait
This unique crowdsourced series blends stories filmed by everyday people into documentaries revealing what it really means to be American today. It's the story of what brings us together and what keeps us apart as we strive to understand each other.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
This unique crowdsourced series blends stories filmed by everyday people into documentaries revealing what it really means to be American today. It's the story of what brings us together and what keeps us apart as we strive to understand each other.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
I Dream
Tue, Jan 5, 2021 54 mins
Self-shot stories explore the meaning and state of the American dream. From the desire for homeownership to ambitions for higher ed or career success, they show the hard work, opportunities and barriers that come with pursuing this ideal today.
Episode 2
I Work
Tue, Jan 12, 2021 54 mins
Everyday people share self-shot stories about their jobs as they navigate changes they're experiencing and goals they're working towards. From teachers to truck drivers, they explore what it really means to work in America today.
Episode 3
I Keep
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
People from different age groups film themselves trying to preserve or change traditions in their own lives as well as their communities. Through self-shot video, they share common experiences that bind age groups together and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.
Episode 4
I Rise
Tue, Jan 26, 2021 54 mins
Go inside the lives of people working to create an antiracist American future. They film themselves doing the hard work, confronting the obstacles and achieving the small victories that could add up to real change in the movement for racial justice.
