The American Tapestry

Synopsis

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the last of the six films, "The American Tapestry," filmmaker Gregory Nava takes viewers on an uplifting and challenging journey through the memoirs of five immigrant families, each one on a quest for its own American Dream. Beautifully interweaving accounts from several generations, Nava composes an astonishing tapestry of personal triumphs and tragedies, as each story of courage unfolds. The American Dream is an elusive thing, and the lives of the people in Nava's film are both triumphant and tragic, teeming with optimism and sometimes despair. They expose the finest and worst in America as well as what we feel most magnificent and dreadful. They are part of the many contrasting threads that make up the American tapestry — a complex portrait of a nation at the turn of the millennium.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gregory Nava
	Second Unit Director	Barbara Martinez Jitner
Editing	Editor	Sandy Guthrie
Production	Executive Producer	Sandra Itkoff
	Producer	Lesli Klainberg Gregory Nava Barbara Martinez Jitner
	Line Producer	Patricia Bischetti
	Co-Producer	Lesli Klainberg
Sound	Original Music Composer	John Adams
Camera	Director of Photography	Stephen Consentino Kirk R. Gardner Frances Kenny Barbara Martinez Jitner
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