FAMILY PICTURES USA is a documentary-style magazine show, filmed before a live studio audience, that journeys through a rapidly changing landscape where the foundations of a familiar and idealized “AMERICA” are being transformed.

As ordinary Americans begin to discover their hidden family histories, stashed in boxes in dusty attics or on old floppy disks and new smartphones, they will unpack more than artifacts and ephemera. They will re-meet their relatives and old friends —fascinating characters, brought back to life by images and stories —giving them a new home in our collective consciousness, and introducing us to a more nuanced and diverse story of our common history, shared present and evolving future. FAMILY PICTURES USA will mine this rich treasure trove of personal narratives to reveal roots, connections, and provocative parallels that will surprise us and illuminate the path toward a new America for a 21st Century.

FAMILY PICTURES USA (3x60) premiered on PBS August, 2019
A co-production of Digital Diaspora Family Reunion, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and Black Public Media (PM). Presented by UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina and WGCU Public Media Southwest Florida. Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.