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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“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
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