America Becoming

America Becoming

90 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1991

Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.

America Becoming

90 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1991

America Becoming
Looks at the United States as it becomes an increasingly diverse nation. Tracing the history of significant changes in the Immigration and Nationality Act beginning in 1965, this program introduces a dramatic vision of a multi-cultural America where people of color are the new majority. The feelings and stories of ordinary people are featured in everyday context in six cities across the county. Interviews with residents of Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami and several other places probe the changing relationships between newcomers and established residents.
Producers Public Broadcasting Service
Original title America Becoming
Directors Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, Charles Burnett
Writers Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, Virginia Kassel, Charles Burnett

Cast

Meredith Vieira

as Narrator