Our America with Lisa Ling(2011)
NewsDocumentary
First Air Date: 2011-02-15
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 9.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 44
Lisa Ling takes viewers along for an in-depth look at some of the most controversial and thought-provoking issues in the United States today, including religious movements, sex offenders, drug addiction and online brides. In each episode, Lisa immerses herself into the lives of the people she meets, offering compelling accounts of varied experiences and providing insight into some of our nation's most contentious issues. In sharing these stories, Lisa challenges viewers to understand different perspectives and even question what they themselves have always known to be true.
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Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
Faith Healers
Air Date: 2011-02-15
Ling visits a faith healing revival in Fort Mill, S.C., run by controversial evangelist Todd Bentley. During the visi...
E02
Transgender Lives
Air Date: 2011-02-22
Five transgender people in various stages of transition are profiled.
E03
State of Sex Offenders
Air Date: 2011-03-01
Lisa Ling explores the challenges of living life on a list of registered sex offenders as she meets with ex-cons in F...
E04
Pray the Gay Away?
Air Date: 2011-03-08
"Can prayer make you straight?" Host Lisa Ling explores that notion as she observes some 1100 participants at a Freed...
E05
Online Brides
Air Date: 2011-03-15
A Texas man travels to Colombia to meet women who advertise for husbands at a marriage website.
E06
Heroin in the Heartland
Air Date: 2011-03-22
Lisa discusses the time she spent in a central Ohio town ravaged by heroin, and the connections that she made with th...
E07
A Closer Look
Air Date: 2011-03-29
Updates on the people and situations shown in previous episodes.
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