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The New Americans
The New Americans
Produced by	Steve James; Gordon Quinn; Gita Saedi
Edited by	David E. Simpson; Steve James
Music by	Norman Arnold
Distributed by	Kartemquin Films
Release date	March 29, 2004;
Running time	411 minutes
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Sprache	Englisch

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The New Americans is a seven-hour American documentary, produced by Kartemquin Films, which was originally broadcast on American television over three nights on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in late March 2004.

Description

The observational documentary, which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little direct interviewing of its subjects (and none in which the interviewer's voice is heard), follows the lives of a series of immigrants to the United States over the course of four years. The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001, although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time. The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States. The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects' homes, at their places of work, in government offices, and in a number of other situations, many of them quite intimate. As a result, The New Americans offers an unusually personal and comprehensive look at the people it profiles.

Topics

The immigrants profiled and filmed in The New Americans include many immigrants from diverse backgrounds:

a group of baseball players from the Dominican Republic hoping to secure a career in Major League Baseball
a computer programmer from India and his wife
a family with six children from a farming community in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico
a family of Ogoni refugees from Nigeria
a woman from Palestine who moves to the United States to be with her new husband, a first-generation Palestinian-American who grew up in Chicago

The locations shown in the documentary include not only each of the immigrants' countries of origin, but also many places in the United States where the immigrants settled or traveled, including the locations of:

Chicago (Palestinian and Nigerian immigrants)
Silicon Valley, California (Indian immigrants)
Garden City, Kansas and Mecca, California (Mexican immigrants)
Florida, Georgia, and Montana (Dominican immigrants).

Production

The New Americans was executive produced by Steve James (who also produced the acclaimed 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams) and Gordon Quinn, both of Kartemquin Films. It was broadcast on PBS as part of the series Independent Lens, in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The program was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on the cable network BBC Four in early April 2004.

Steve James commented on the making of the New Americans, “From the beginning, we knew we wanted to tell multiple stories, because every immigrant I’ve met has a very rich and varied story to tell about where they come from. We also were excited about the idea of telling these people’s stories before they left their countries so that we could begin to understand these people in their own country before they gave it all up to come here. They’re all facing different problems different dreams, so there’s that diversity too. They’re a nice collection of stories because their differences and similarities.”^[1]

Finanzierung

Primary funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional major funding was provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and PBS. Additional funding also came from the National Endowment of the Arts, BBC, Nick Fraser, SBS, TV Australia, and VPRO, The Netherlands. The New Americans is a presentation of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) and Asian Women United/National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA).^[2]

Awards

The New Americans won a variety of awards including: The Chicago Award for Best Chicago or Illinois Production, Chicago International Television Competition (2004); Gold Hugo for Best Overall Production, Chicago International Television Competition 2004]; Best Limited Series, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards, International Documentary Association (IDA) (2004); and the Christopher Award, TV/Cable Category, (2005).^[3]

External links

References

^ Chicago Film Archived 2012-07-24 at archive.today
^ "The New Americans" website at PBS.org
^ "ITVS"

[1] Chicago Film Archived 2012-07-24 at archive.today

[2] "The New Americans" website at PBS.org

[3] "ITVS"

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-'''''The New Americans''''' is a seven-hour [[United States|American]] [[documentary film|documentary]], produced by [[Kartemquin Films]], that was originally broadcast on American [[television]] over three nights on the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) in late March 2004.  The title comes from a somewhat uncommon term for immigrants to the United States.
+'''''The New Americans''''' is a seven-hour [[United States|American]] [[documentary film|documentary]], produced by [[Kartemquin Films]], which was originally broadcast on American [[television]] over three nights on the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) in late March 2004.
+==Description==
-The observational documentary, which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little  direct interviewing of its subjects (and none in which the interviewer's voice is heard), follows the lives of a series of [[immigration|immigrants]] to the United States over the course of four years.  The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001, although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time.  The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States.  The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects' homes, at their places of work, in government offices, and in a number of other situations, many of them quite intimate.  As a result, ''The New Americans'' offers an unusually personal and comprehensive look at the people it profiles.
+The observational documentary, which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little direct interviewing of its subjects (and none in which the interviewer's voice is heard), follows the lives of a series of [[immigration|immigrants]] to the United States over the course of four years.  The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001, although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time.  The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States.  The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects' homes, at their places of work, in government offices, and in a number of other situations, many of them quite intimate. As a result, ''The New Americans'' offers an unusually personal and comprehensive look at the people it profiles.
+==Topics==
-The immigrants profiled and filmed in ''The New Americans'' include a group of baseball players from the [[Dominican Republic]] hoping to secure a career in [[Major League Baseball]]; a computer programmer from [[India]] and his wife; a family with six children from a farming community in the state of [[Guanajuato (state)|Guanajuato]], [[Mexico]]; a family of [[Ogoni]] refugees from [[Nigeria]]; and a woman from [[Palestinian territories|Palestine]] who moves to the United States to be with her new husband, a first-generation Palestinian-American who grew up in [[Chicago]].
+The immigrants profiled and filmed in ''The New Americans'' include many immigrants from diverse backgrounds:
+*a group of baseball players from the [[Dominican Republic]] hoping to secure a career in [[Major League Baseball]]
+*a computer programmer from [[India]] and his wife
+*a family with six children from a farming community in the state of [[Guanajuato (state)|Guanajuato]], [[Mexico]]
+*a family of [[Ogoni]] refugees from [[Nigeria]]
+*a woman from [[Palestinian territories|Palestine]] who moves to the United States to be with her new husband, a first-generation Palestinian-American who grew up in [[Chicago]]
-The locations shown in the documentary include not only each of the immigrants' countries of origin, but also many places in the United States where the immigrants settled or traveled, including Chicago (the Palestinian and Nigerian immigrants), the [[Silicon Valley]] of [[California]] (the Indian immigrants), [[Garden City, Kansas]] and [[Mecca, California]] (the Mexican immigrants), and [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Montana]] (the Dominican immigrants).
+The locations shown in the documentary include not only each of the immigrants' countries of origin, but also many places in the United States where the immigrants settled or traveled, including the locations of:
+*[[Chicago]] (Palestinian and Nigerian immigrants)
+*[[Silicon Valley]], [[California]] (Indian immigrants)
+*[[Garden City, Kansas]] and [[Mecca, California]] (Mexican immigrants)
+*[[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Montana]] (Dominican immigrants).
+==Production==
 ''The New Americans'' was executive produced by [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]] (who also produced the acclaimed 1994 documentary ''[[Hoop Dreams]]'') and [[Gordon Quinn]], both of [[Kartemquin Films]].  It was broadcast on PBS as part of the series ''[[Independent Lens]]'', in association with the [[Independent Television Service (ITVS)]]. The program was also broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]] on the cable network [[BBC Four]] in early April 2004.
-Steve James on the making of the New Americans, “From the beginning, we knew we wanted to tell multiple stories, because every immigrant I’ve met has a very rich and varied story to tell about where they come from. We also were excited about the idea of telling these people’s stories before they left their countries so that we could begin to understand these people in their own country before they gave it all up to come here. They’re all facing different problems different dreams, so there’s that diversity too. They’re a nice collection of stories because their differences and similarities.”<ref> [http://www.chicagofilm.com/features/kartemquin/kartemquin3.asp/ Chicago Film] </ref>
+Steve James commented on the making of the New Americans, “From the beginning, we knew we wanted to tell multiple stories, because every immigrant I’ve met has a very rich and varied story to tell about where they come from. We also were excited about the idea of telling these people’s stories before they left their countries so that we could begin to understand these people in their own country before they gave it all up to come here. They’re all facing different problems different dreams, so there’s that diversity too. They’re a nice collection of stories because their differences and similarities.”<ref>[http://www.chicagofilm.com/features/kartemquin/kartemquin3.asp/ Chicago Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120724153148/http://www.chicagofilm.com/features/kartemquin/kartemquin3.asp/ |date=2012-07-24 }}</ref>
+==Funding==
-Primary funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional major funding was provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and PBS. Additional funding also came from the National Endowment of the Arts, BBC, Nick Fraser, SBS, TV Australia, and VPRO, The Netherlands. The New Americans is a presentation of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) and Asian Women United/National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA).<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/theseries_series_credits_01.html/ "The New Americans" website at PBS.org]</ref>
+Primary funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional major funding was provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and PBS. Additional funding also came from the National Endowment of the Arts, BBC, Nick Fraser, SBS, TV Australia, and VPRO, The Netherlands. The New Americans is a presentation of ITVS in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) and Asian Women United/[[National Asian American Telecommunications Association]] (NAATA).<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/theseries_series_credits_01.html/ "The New Americans" website at PBS.org]</ref>
+==Awards==
-The New Americans won a variety of awards including: The Chicago Award for Best Chicago or Illinois Production, Chicago International Television Competition [2004]; Gold Hugo for Best Overall Production, Chicago International Television Competition 2004]; Best Limited Series, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards, International Documentary Association (IDA) [2004]; and the Christopher Award, TV/Cable Category, [2005].<ref>[http://itvs.org/films/new-americans/reviews-and-awards/ "ITVS"]</ref>
+The New Americans won a variety of awards including: The Chicago Award for Best Chicago or Illinois Production, Chicago International Television Competition (2004); Gold Hugo for Best Overall Production, Chicago International Television Competition 2004]; Best Limited Series, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards, International Documentary Association (IDA) (2004); and the Christopher Award, TV/Cable Category, (2005).<ref>[http://itvs.org/films/new-americans/reviews-and-awards/ "ITVS"]</ref>
 ==External links==
 *[http://kartemquin.com/films/the-new-americans/ "The New Americans" website at Kartemquin.org]
-*[http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/ ''The New Americans'' website at PBS.org]
+*[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/ ''The New Americans'' website at PBS.org]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/user/Kartemquin#p/u/30/-zTgKsvRbIo/ "The New Americans Official Trailer]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/user/Kartemquin#p/u/30/-zTgKsvRbIo/ "The New Americans Official Trailer]
 ==References==
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 [[Category:2000s American television series]]
 [[Category:American documentary films]]
-[[Category:PBS network shows]]
+[[Category:PBS original programming]]
 [[Category:2004 television films]]
-[[Category:Documentary films about United States immigration]]
+[[Category:2004 films]]
+[[Category:Documentary films about immigration to the United States]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Steve James]]
+[[Category:Kartemquin Films films]]
+[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
+[[Category:2000s American films]]