Little America: An Apple TV+ Mini-Series About Immigrants
I came across a new Apple TV+ series, Little America (2020), and we watched it with interest.
Little America, Apple TV+
Eight half-hour episodes, each a separate short story about the real lives of immigrants in the U.S.
What the show is
It’s based on true stories published by Epic Magazine in its “Little America” collection. The series was developed by Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. It premiered on January 17, 2020, and Apple ordered a second season even before the first one came out.
A still from the series
Season one episodes:
- The Manager
- The Jaguar
- The Cowboy – a student from Nigeria feels like an outsider in Oklahoma and finds his footing in the cowboy culture he has admired since childhood.
- The Silence
- The Baker
- The Grand Prize Expo Winners
- The Rock
- The Son
Impressions
Some episodes really make you worry for the characters and cheer for them, some are motivating – we found it interesting.
Little America
Little America is a set of inspiring, tragic, funny and, above all, honest stories of ordinary people who have come a long and difficult way.
If you’re interested in America beyond what you see on the TV news, you should like this mini-series too.
P.S. The actor who played the lead in The Cowboy left a comment on the Russian version of this post – that was really nice :-)