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- 2018
- TV-14
- Starz
- 2018
- TV-14
- Starz
Summary The 10-part documentary series from Steve James takes a year-long look at Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School as students and staff deal with a variety of issues, including race, at one of the most diverse suburban public high schools in the U.S.
- 2018
- TV-14
- Starz
- 2018
- TV-14
- Starz
America to Me
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 26, 2018
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Summary The 10-part documentary series from Steve James takes a year-long look at Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School as students and staff deal with a variety of issues, including race, at one of the most diverse suburban public high schools in the U.S.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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What may be one of the most important shows to debut this year, do not miss a moment of this 10-part documentary series. ... A compelling, potent education.
Expansive, nuanced documentary. ... It’s an invaluable look at where inequity begins, as well as the difficulty of getting to the place where it ends.
America to Me is a momentous achievement. ... The gift of America to Me is that the big picture for all of us is in the relatively little one of this particular school; the macro is in the micro. ... It’s the way that James and his team construct America to Me that’s so remarkable. You can feel both empathy and frustration in the same moment.
His empathetic portraits of teenage students and their earnest educators creates an affecting, insightful, and vital piece of cultural commentary.
The show doesn't pretend teens today are growing up without full awareness of what reality TV looks like, and America to Me doesn't pretend not to be reality TV in its own way. It's reality TV in the best sense of the term, and I suspect that America to Me will end up being one of the year's best shows of any kind.
Even in a series this expansive, you keep wishing you could spend more time with more people, but its scope allows James and his team to show both victories and defeats fade into the past, how fragile and yet how resilient its protagonists can be.
America to Me features a winning mix of kids, running the gamut of emotions and experiences that high school entails.
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Based on 50 User Ratings
5.8
58% Positive
29 Ratings
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4% Mixed
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38% Negative
19 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Participant
- Kartemquin Films
Initial Release Date: Aug 26, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination
Television Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
