Airing during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the five-part documentary series builds on decades of work from filmmakers, scholars and activists.
At first glance, the new PBS docuseries “Asian Americans” follows the conventions of many history documentaries, interspersing archival footage, documents and photos with talking head commentary. Yet the five-part show, premiering Monday, unfolds almost like a prestige drama series, unspooling emotional personal tales.
The series could not be more timely, as AAPI communities mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month while anti-Asian attacks surge due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The docuseries shows how it’s all a continuation of the same cycle of calling Asian Americans’ Americanness into question — and a reminder that their existence in this country has always been conditional, fromSikh Americans at a vigil in New York's Central Park after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
When Americans started to move to the suburbs after World War II, Asian American families, like Black families, were subject to restrictive racial covenants and other forms of housing segregation. Real estate agents told them they “wouldn’t sell to Orientals.” It wasn’t until 2012 and 2013, after PBS had produced several other docuseries on specific racial or ethnic groups, that Tajima-Peña was finally approached to make a series about Asian Americans. And even after she got the green light, some white executives still questioned her qualifications, she said.
Asked whether the producers considered exploring the subject more deeply, Tajima-Peña said that “other than LA ’92, there was no story that really jumped out, because we’re looking at turning points in history.” Similarly, other topics got left on the cutting room floor, like affirmative action, which often divides Asian Americans along generational lines.
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