Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Synopsis
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
First Air Date: 2021-02-17
Last Air Date: 2021-02-17
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Tom Yellin, Robe Imbriano
Networks: Netflix
Top Cast
- Will Smith as Self - Host
- Bryan Stevenson as Self
- Larry Wilmore as Self
- Samira Wiley as Self
- Mahershala Ali as Self
- Graham Greene as Self
- Randall Park as Self
- Bobby Cannavale as Self
- Lena Waithe as Self
- Laverne Cox as Self
Seasons
None (2021)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Citizen
After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.
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Ep. 2: Resistance
After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.
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Ep. 3: Wait
As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.
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Ep. 4: Control
In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.
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Ep. 5: Love
After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.
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Ep. 6: Promise
Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.
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