Amend: The Fight for America
Amend: The Fight for America is a 2021 docuseries starring Will Smith, Bryan Stevenson and Larry Wilmore. It covers the legacy of the 14th Amendment to the United States constitution and explores the history of discrimination and activism for equality in the United States.[1][2]
| Amend: The Fight for America | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 56–62 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | February 17, 2021 |
Cast
- Will Smith
- Bryan Stevenson
- Larry Wilmore
- Samira Wiley
- Bobby Cannavale
- Laverne Cox
- Graham Greene
- Randall Park
- Lena Waithe
- Hannah Gadsby
- Mahershala Ali
- Sterling K. Brown
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Joshua Jackson
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Aja Naomi King
- Diane Lane
- Pedro Pascal
- Courtney B. Vance
- Daveed Diggs
- Rafael Casal
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Citizen" | February 17, 2021 | |
| Frederick Douglass, abolition of slavery in the United States and ratification of the 14th amendment | |||
| 2 | "Resistance" | February 17, 2021 | |
| Rise of Jim Crow and Lost Cause ideologies post-Reconstruction; nadir of American race relations | |||
| 3 | "Wait" | February 17, 2021 | |
| Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement | |||
| 4 | "Control" | February 17, 2021 | |
| Second-wave feminism and women's liberation movement | |||
| 5 | "Love" | February 17, 2021 | |
| LGBT rights and same-sex marriage activism, Obergefell v. Hodges | |||
| 6 | "Promise" | February 17, 2021 | |
| Immigration to the United States, hope, xenophobia and systemic discrimination faced | |||
Release
Amend: The Fight for America was released on February 17, 2021, on Netflix.
References
- "Amend: The Fight for America Educates Netflix Audiences on 14th Amendment". Roger Ebert. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- "'Amend: The Fight for America': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 February 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
External links
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