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Immigration: A BIGGER WORLD & NOT ALIENS

Season 3 Episode 306 | 27m 54s

Currently, few topics are more controversial than immigration. But how do the kids of immigrants feel? Filmmaker Devani Gayadin redefines what it means to be American in A BIGGER WORLD, as she recounts her parents' Guyanese and Nigerian roots. In NOT ALIENS, filmmaker Mridul Govind tells the often-overlooked story of legal immigrants who find themselves in limbo as they create new lives in the U.S

Aired: 03/31/26 | Expires: 10/14/29
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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