Chasing The American Dream ( Award Winning Documentary), Real Stories

At the start of the 20th century, awardwinning filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Abacus: Small Enough To Jail) and his team spent four years filming a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dotcom boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken SaroWiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland s conflict. Awards Won: 2003 International Documentary Association (IDA)Best Limited Series, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards 2004 Chicago International Television Competiti