Listen: Ya gotta watchLittle America. Streaming on Apple TV+ now, it’s an anthology series telling self-contained half-hour stories based on the real experiences of immigrants to America. I gushed about it in anofficial review, but I’m just gonna reiterate here: Watch it! Every episode boasts stylishly rendered, beautiful, funny, and humane stories from a new collection of writers, directors, and actors — all spearheaded in part by the dream team of creators/producersLee Eisenberg(The Office),Sian Heder(Orange Is the New Black), andJoshuah Bearman(Argo, EPIC Magazine).
The entire show is based on a series of EPIC Magazine articles, of which Bearman is the founder, and it was great finding out the initial inspirations for the stories and the series. Plus, we got into the fun filmmaking experimentations an anthology series gives you – especially a nearly fully silent episode, a highlight of the series that gave Heder her dream of working with a monkey. And, we explored what the show itself says about America at this point in time and beyond.
Check out what Eisenberg, Heder, and Bearman had to say in the player above, and below is a list of everything we talked about.
Make sure to check out our interview about the show with fellow EPsKumail NanjianiandEmily V. Gordon.Here’s the official synopsis forLittle America:
Inspired by the true stories featured in Epic Magazine, “Little America” will go beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring and surprising stories of immigrants in America, when they’re more relevant now than ever.
“Little America” is written and executive produced by Lee Eisenberg, who serves as showrunner, and Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. Alan Yang executive produces through Universal Television. The series is also executive produced by Sian Heder, and Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis and Arthur Spector executive produce for Epic Magazine. Heder also serves as co-showrunner alongside Eisenberg.
