America - Film and Television

Film and Television

  • America (1924 film), a film by D. W. Griffith
  • America (2009 film), an American made-for-television film
  • America (2011 film), a 2011 Puerto Rican film
  • America: Freedom to Fascism, a 2006 documentary
  • América (telenovela), a Brazilian telenovela
  • America (US TV series), a syndicated afternoon talk show
  • Amreeka, a 2009 film (Amreeka the Arabic pronunciation for America)
  • America America, a 1963 American film by Elia Kazan
  • America: A Personal History of the United States, a 13-part BBC television documentary series
  • America: The Story of Us, a six-part, 12-hour television documentary depicting the history of the United States

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