Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · Miniseries · TV-MA · ★ 7.1
This docuseries explores how the promise of equal protection under the law has been fought over, challenged, and expanded in the United States. Through history, testimony, and key turning points, it connects past struggles for citizenship and civil rights to issues that still shape daily life.
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Streaming on Netflix.
6 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-02-17
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (169 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a powerful, accessible history of civil rights and the Constitution, especially if you liked The Untold History of the United States; Not for you if you want a neutral deep-dive or exhaustive detail.
Pros: informative and eye-opening; emotional impact; accessible overview | Cons: missing some perspectives; not fully in-depth; occasional imbalance
Themes
- civil war
- immigration
- immigrant
- immigration law
- race politics
- usa–mexico border
- politics
- racial segregation
- racism
- gay marriage
- emancipation
- black history
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Will Smith
as Self - Host
- BS
Bryan Stevenson
as Self
Larry Wilmore
as Self
- SW
Samira Wiley
as Self
Bobby Cannavale
as Self
Graham Greene
as Self
- MA
Mahershala Ali
as Self
- LC
Laverne Cox
as Self
- RP
Randall Park
as Self
- CV
Courtney B. Vance
as Self
Directed by Kenny Leon, Reinaldo Marcus Green
Created by Tom Yellin
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
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