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Season 1

  • S01E01 I Dream

    • January 5, 2021
    • PBS

    Self-shot stories reveal the meaning of the American dream and what it means to pursue it today.

  • S01E02 I Work

    • January 12, 2021
    • PBS

    Everyday people share self-shot stories about their jobs and what it means to work in America today.

  • S01E03 I Keep

    • January 19, 2021
    • PBS

    Across America, people film themselves as they try to preserve or change long-standing traditions.

  • S01E04 I Rise

    • January 26, 2021
    • PBS

    First-person stories from across the country take you inside the movement for an antiracist future.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 The Story of Us

    • January 1, 2021

    This year, PBS asked people across the country to share short stories about their lives in order to inspire a nationwide conversation about what it really means to be American today. Thousands of people have contributed stories to the project, and this special curates hundreds of them into one extraordinary short documentary.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 In This Together: An American Portrait Story

    • May 8, 2020
    • PBS

    Through personal stories, photographs and videos, people across America share their firsthand stories of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their lives, our nation and brought us all together.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story

    • August 2, 2020
    • PBS

    In the second special, see a moving and meaningful picture of families in America and the way these relationships shape us. Families of all shapes and sizes give us a look into their lives, revealing how we value our families now more than ever.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story

    • October 26, 2020
    • PBS

    In this third special, explore how people in different age groups see themselves and their place in America. Through self-shot video, they share common experiences that bind age groups together and generational differences that put them at odds with one another.