Watch THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD

Posted on August 7, 2009
Tune in this Sunday, August 2 at 10:00 PM (check local listings) for the fifth episode of THE NEW AMERICANS on Global Voices on PBS WORLD. This seven-part series, airing on Sundays through August 16, looks at the search for the “American dream” through the eyes of recent immigrants and refugees during their first tumultuous years in America. From Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, each family has come with different hopes: to achieve athletic glory or high-tech riches, to escape poverty and persecution or to simply provide for their families. Watch a preview: Like what you saw? Download all the episodes on iTunes >>

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