| Executive Producers |
Steve James
Gordon Quinn
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|---|---|
| Series Producer |
Gita Saedi
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| Dominican Story Directors/Producers |
Susana Aiken
Carlos Aparicio
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| Palestinian Story Directors/Producers |
Jerry Blumenthal
Gordon Quinn
Fenell Doremus
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| Indian Story Director and Producer |
Indu Krishnan
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| Nigerian Story Director |
Steve James
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| Nigerian Story Producer |
Gita Saedi
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| Mexican Story Director |
Renee Tajima-Pena
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| Mexican Story Producers |
Renee Tajima-Pena
Evangeline Griego
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| Editors |
David E. Simpson
Steve James
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| Series Story Editor |
Leslie Simmer
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| Music Composer |
Norman Arnold
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| Production Manager |
Karen Larson
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| Post Production Supervisor |
Leslie Simmer
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| Post Production Manager |
Zak Piper
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| Post Production Coordinator |
Aaron Wickenden
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| Camera |
Carlos Aparicio (Dominican Story)
Vicente Franco (Dominican Story)
Peter Gilbert (Nigerian Story)
Steve James (Nigerian Story)
Gordon Quinn (Palestinian Story)
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| Sound Recording |
Jerry Blumenthal (Palestinian Story)
Fenell Doremus (Palestinian Story)
Jamie Kibben (Dominican Story)
Bruno Pataro (Dominican Story)
Adam Singer (Nigerian Story)
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The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland’s conflict.
Kartemquin assembled a team of talented directors including the creators of Hoop Dreams, Who Killed Vincent Chin, and Vietnam, Long Time Coming. The detailed portraits that resulted were woven into a seven-hour miniseries that presents a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a first impression of the U.S. that few born in America can imagine.