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Little America - Season 1
Inspired by the true stories of immigrants, this comedy series, follows spotting lights on the most effective and stories of immigrants of America of love, friendship, and funny stories from the headlines of the newspaper. The first season begins with the story Kabir, a young teenager Indian guy, who navigates through life after being left by his parents.
17 February 1953, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
1 February 1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA
January 16, 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1963, Tehran, Iran
3 January 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 January 1950, San Francisco, California, USA
January 10, 2020
It's a beautiful, endearing show, one that never loses sight of its fascinating characters.
January 15, 2020
Little America is smart, nuanced television.
January 17, 2020
The individual stories are short and pithy. (One, set at a silent meditation retreat, feels like an extended setup for a punch line.) But collectively, the show's understanding of the immigrant experience is complex and nuanced.
January 13, 2020
The key thing with Little America's anthology premise is that the number of stories it can tell, about different immigrants from different places experiencing America in different ways, is virtually limitless.
January 10, 2020
Perhaps most importantly, "Little America" avoids becoming patriotic propaganda not by disparaging the United States and its policies (which it rarely does), but by selectively emphasizing what America can offer at its best.
January 17, 2020
For the most part, these vignettes are thoughtfully and pleasingly rendered. But there is, at the same time, something too uniform about them, a predetermined style of grace, not unlike the stories you hear people tell about themselves
January 14, 2020
For a series comprised of such seemingly disparate cultural and geographical elements, there's a sense throughout of care for each installment.
January 10, 2020
Little America is a thoughtful show, made with evident care and consideration for doing justice to the heritages depicted.
January 16, 2020
Each episode of Little America is based on a true story of an immigrant to the United States, and retold in a 30-minute block of inspiring, unwavering humanity filled with hope, humor, and joy.
January 16, 2020
The subjects vary, but almost without exception the stories are quirky yet resonant, emotional and relatable, with a sweet (or occasionally slightly bittersweet) payoff.
January 16, 2020
Little America abstains from trying to deliver sweet generalizations about American immigration. The jumbled pictures of immigration it presents are too difficult to pin down.
January 15, 2020
The funny, inspiring Little America tells immigrant stories that are pleasing without preaching...
