United Shades of America (2016)

Name: United Shades of America
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 3.1

⭐ 3.1 / 5 (11 votes) 🎬 7 Seasons 📼 54 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary 📡 Returning Series

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Series Status:

Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.

Returning Series

Synopsis

Follow comedian and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell as he explores the far corners of our country and its various groups and subcultures.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

8 Episodes

E1 Meeting the KKK

In the premiere episode, W. Kamau Bell arranges a special meeting with the Ku-Klux-Klan.

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E2 Behind These Walls

Kamau Bell heads to the infamous San Quentin State Prison to meet the men who've spent a lifetime behind bars, hear their stories and discover who they have become.

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E3 Latino, U.S.A.

Kamau Bell heads to East Los Angeles to meet with Latinos fighting to live the American Dream while facing prejudice and intolerance.

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E4 Protect and Serve?

Kamau Bell heads to Camden, N.J. to check out a new community policing program helping to improve the relationship between citizens and police.

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E5 Off the Grid

Kamau Bell experiences life off the grid in North Carolina and Tennessee.

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E6 Is It Cool to Be Hip?

Comedian W. Kamau Bell visits Portland, Oregon, to talk to old and new residents and finds a growing social divide involving hipsters and gentrification.

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E7 The Last Frontier

Kamau Bell heads to Barrow, Alaska, to observe how a person lives above the Arctic Circle and learns about the Inuit customs and traditions the natives are trying to preserve.

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E8 The Fountain of Youth

Kamau Bell heads to Daytona Beach to see how spring breakers and retirees are getting the most out of life.

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