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Destination America
MINISERIES: PBS, begins Wednesday 10/19 at 9:00p

Destination America
Critic Score
Metascore: 76 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
4.0 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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The four hour-long chapters of this PBS miniseries explore various aspects of immigration to the United States over the course of its history, including a look at modern-day asylum-seekers.

GENRE(S): Documentary
FIRST AIR DATE: October 19, 2005
ALSO ON: Part 2 airs 10/26/2005 at 9:00p

What The Critics Said

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80
Hollywood Reporter Irv Letofsky
Emotional and inspiring.
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80
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
"Destination America" is not out to make political points, and except for a moment in the last hour, it does not hector. It simply presents, in four themed chapters with many subthemes, a new look at the history, still unfolding, of a nation of immigrants.
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80
Washington Post David Montgomery
Remind[s] us that the immigration story is much more complicated, paradoxical and ultimately stirring than the way it is usually talked about these days.
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60
The New York Times Anita Gates
"Destination America" jumps around a little too much, possibly because this is far too big a subject for a four-hour treatment.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

andrew gave it a4:
this glossy, manipulative documentary stinks of propaganda and ideological suggestion. thanks CPB, I needed to remember why America is so great - "Destination America" worked like a charm!

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