Try and watch this without getting chills and being angry!
A trailer just dropped showing actors taking on real issues in a new Epix docuseries about inequality in “America Divided.”
From executive producers Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes and Common, the series sends eight famous faces to different corners of the country to explore some of the socioeconomic issues plaguing the nation.
Rosario Dawson takes on the Flint, Michigan water crisis. Amy Poehler looks at the challenges faced by California’s domestic workers. America Ferrera learns more about immigration issues. Zach Galifianakis heads to his home state of North Carolina to understand the country’s growing political divide. Peter Sarsgaard interviews people at the heart of the addiction crisis. Jesse Williams asks tough questions about inequality in education. You will also see producers Common and Lear get into the action.
Norman Lear told reporters “Well, as somebody who’s fairly sophisticated and reads a reasonable amount, I thought I understood the difficulties of housing in New York,” Lear told reporters this “But after spending a few days working with them…I was horrified at how little I knew.”Lear’s segment explores gentrification and the lack of affordable housing in New York.
“You have to be inside of something, I think, to understand, really understand the horror,” he added.
The promise of the American dream was a united country where everyone is treated equal,” said executive producer Shonda Rhimes. “That promise has clearly been broken; all you have to do is look around to see that our reality has been built on the back of inequality. It’s my hope that this series will inspire audiences to be part of a change that leads us into a stronger, more equal future.”
Maybe we should send politicians inside to really see what its like!
“America Divided” premieres with a 90-minute premiere on September 30 on Epix.
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