Amend: The Fight for America Season 1 Releasing on Netflix at February 17, 2021
Documentary, History / TV-Series (2020)
Created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin, Amend: The Fight for America explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons — as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. The six-hour docuseries deploys a groundbreaking narrative format featuring a number of luminaries including Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi breathing life into speeches and writings by the Fourteenth Amendment’s most ardent advocates and foes such as Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson among them. It also offers insights from an inclusive array of contemporary thought leaders and experts.
Will Smith is set to host Amend: The Fight for America, a Netflix documentary series that asks the evolving question, “What does it mean to be an American?” Executive produced by Smith and Larry Wilmore, the six-parter launches February 17, 2021.
Creators: Robe Imbriano, Tom Yellin
Directors: Kenny Leon
Writers: Sasha Stewart, Robe Imbriano, Tom Yellin
Stars: Will Smith, Mahershala Ali, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Bambadjan Bamba, Sterling K. Brown, Bobby Cannavale, Rafael Casal
►Cast
Mahershala Ali | Diane Lane |
Utkarsh Ambudkar | Ki Hong Lee |
Bambadjan Bamba | Gabriel Luna |
Sterling K. Brown | Marsai Martin |
Bobby Cannavale | Dermot Mulroney |
Rafael Casal | Tig Notaro |
Laverne Cox | Jae Suh Park |
Whitney Cummings | Randall Park |
Daveed Diggs | Pedro Pascal |
Hannah Gadsby | Yara Shahidi |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Alia Shawkat |
Graham Greene | Algee Smith |
Diane Guerrero | Willow Smith |
Helen Hunt | Courtney B. Vance |
Joshua Jackson | Lena Waithe |
Samuel L. Jackson | Samira Wiley |
Aja Naomi King | Larry Wilmore |
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