Original title
United Shades of America
Released
4/24/2016
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
All3Media America
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
7
Number of episodes
54
Follow comedian and political gadfly W. Kamau Bell as he explores the far corners of our country and its various groups and subcultures.
In the premiere episode, W. Kamau Bell arranges a special meeting with the Ku-Klux-Klan.
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.
Kamau Bell heads to East Los Angeles to meet with Latinos fighting to live the American Dream while facing prejudice and intolerance.
Kamau Bell heads to Camden, N.J. to check out a new community policing program helping to improve the relationship between citizens and police.
Kamau Bell experiences life off the grid in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Comedian W. Kamau Bell visits Portland, Oregon, to talk to old and new residents and finds a growing social divide involving hipsters and gentrification.
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.
Kamau Bell heads to Daytona Beach to see how spring breakers and retirees are getting the most out of life.
W. Kamau Bell enjoys an abundant cross-section of immigrants who come to this country from all over the world to make a better life.
W. Kamau Bell goes to the heart of Chicago gang territory to explore the truth about violence in the city.
W. Kamau Bell heads to the Dakotas to shed light on the indigenous people mistakenly called Native Americans.
W. Kamau Bell meets Muslims in Michigan who are eager to explain that practitioners of Islam are not what people assume they are.
W. Kamau Bell, an outspoken critic of gun laws in America, buys a .357 Magnum.
W. Kamau Bell unlocks some of the myths of Puerto Ricans; a journey from New York City to Puerto Rico itself.
The Appalachian region has a rich history and optimism, despite being one of the hardest-hit countries economically; W. Kamau Bell plans to mine.
W. Kamau Bell visits San Francisco's Chinatown; what it means to be American while culturally connected to another country.
W. Kamau Bell heads to the U.S. Mexico border to find out what life is like for the people who live there.
W. Kamau Bell unravels the stereotypes of one of the most misunderstood religions in America - Sikhism.
W. Kamau Bell visits the coast of South Carolina to meet the Gullah Geechee people.
W. Kamau Bell meets with people with physical disabilities.
W. Kamau Bell head to historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's) to answer the question on why these schools are important.
W. Kamau Bell takes a trip up north to Canada to see if everything is truly as great as everyone says.
W. Kamau Bell heads south to debunk some myths while also retracing his family roots with his father.
W. Kamau Bell visits the islands of Hawaii to talk to natives.
Kamau visits Dallas—the home of the Megachurch, to find out what is creating the new face of Christianity today, in a city where church and state are far from separate.
While in and around Seattle, Kamau takes a look at different forms of activism that white people are using to combat America's history of white supremacy and the rise of extreme right-wing groups across the country.
Kamau visits Jackson, Miss. to explore the divisive world of reproductive rights and reproductive justice, including abortion, sex education, and women's health.
White supremacy in America, explained How our new war collided with an old fight -- and put Black Americans on the frontlines. We're living in a perfect storm for extremist recruitment. Five questions on America's racial reckoning. The one word that Tree of Life's rabbi refuses to say.
W. Kamau Bell heads to Oklahoma to explore how politics and economic disparity are impacting families and independent farmers.
A look into the public education system of two contrasting school districts in Cleveland, Ohio.
Across the United States, the fastest-growing category of new jobs is gig work, spurred on by tech companies and their never-ending stream of apps; low and uncertain incomes have replaced benefits.
W. Kamau Bell heads to New Orleans to explore the topic of reparations.
W. Kamau Bell heads to South Florida, home of the largest number of Venezuelans in the United States, to understand the crisis that led them to seek asylum.
W. Kamau Bell visits Los Angeles to explore the homelessness crisis.
W. Kamau Bell visits New York City to meet with Iranian immigrants to learn about their American experience.
Kamau examines the history and current state of policing in America through the eyes of activists, organizers, politicians, victims and police themselves in his hometown of Oakland, California and the Bay Area.
Kamau visits Atlanta and digs deep into the discrimination and racism that lingers in programs like STEM; he looks at efforts to build a more inclusive workforce for the globally competitive future in technology and space.
Kamau spends time speaking with military veterans in San Diego to examine how the military is beset by the same destructive forces that keep the U.S. divided as a nation.
Kamau goes to Philadelphia to explore the shifting ethnic makeup of the U.S. in a celebratory exploration of an increasingly robust mixed-race population and the ways in which they are changing and challenging the culture.
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