Amend: The Fight for America

Name: Amend: The Fight for America
Genre: Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Released: February 17, 2021
Rating: 79

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Netflix | Release Date: February 17, 2021

Summary: Will Smith hosts this six-part documentary series about the history of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution with reading from Mahershala Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane, Pedro Pascal, and Yara Shahidi.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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S1:E6. Promise
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S1:E5. Love
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S1:E4. Control
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Richard Roeper

Feb 16, 2021

Season 1 Review: Invaluable, vital and enlightening. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

Feb 16, 2021

Season 1 Review: As as critic I would advise viewers short on time to watch only the first and last episodes. Then, if you like what you see, you can go back and watch parts two through five. If you’re a teacher, though, you may just want to carve out a week or more for your kids to watch and discuss all six hours. It's that good. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Feb 16, 2021

Season 1 Review: For a series with such a large scope and often bone-dry subject matter, Amend makes legal history approachable and digestible. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Feb 17, 2021

Season 1 Review: “Amend” balances enough to keep the viewer perpetually engaged, toggling between various manners of conveying information to move through big American stories, one an episode. It’s perhaps at its best when those stories are about further-flung history. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Feb 18, 2021

Season 1 Review: It is one thing for historians to break down all the civil rights victories won through the hardest of struggles over decades of sacrifice, terrorism and death. It's something altogether more complex to bring all of that alive in a thoughtful way and make it speak to who and where the TV audience happens to be now. "Amend" achieves this by polishing history with high entertainment value. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Feb 17, 2021

Season 1 Review: “Amend: The Fight for America” is corny in parts, and serious-minded in others. But a charismatic Will Smith, a few little known facts, and a particularly uplifting episode give this docuseries about the importance of the 14th Amendment a reason to exist. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Feb 22, 2021

Season 1 Review: Amend is a significant undertaking in its scope, and the roster of celebrity talent assembled is impressive and eclectic. The one misstep lies in Smith's folksy transitions, which seem tailored to a school-age audience. Granted, it would be great if kids watched this, but the "Schoolhouse Rock" tone he adopts feels out of step with the other voices telling this story. Read full review

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YoAdrienne

Feb 28, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the BEST documentaries I've seen about our history and the struggle for equality, across the board, I've seen in my 60 years. In my humble opinion, this should be shown in every history, civics and social studies class from 7th grade on up, in EVERY school across America.
Didn't know what I was beginning to watch, when I turned it on, but, I couldn't stop. Watched all six episodes. It brought every emotion out of me in those six hours. I recommend watching it with your parents, grandparents, siblings, children and grandchildren of 10 years old and on up.
Bravo Will Smith!!!… Expand

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DaneStevens

Mar 21, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I appreciate what the show says and am fully behind the intention to educate and bring people together. It was done in a classy, entertaining and honest way that showed us things and people from the American past that people need to know about and can learn from. I do take issue with the fact that there was absolutely no mention of the First Nations people. The first culture that the US took the liberty of all but demolishing. They are a very big part of this conversation and I feel apologetic that they weren't even mentioned. This is a shame because I thought it was a great show, but you all seriously missed the mark there... and I wonder why you did that...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
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  S1:E6. Promise
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  S1:E5. Love
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  S1:E4. Control
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  S1:E3. Wait
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  S1:E2. Resistance
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  S1:E1. Citizen
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