CNN’s five-time Emmy® Award-winning documentary series “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” will be returning for its seventh season. The network announced in a press release that the show’s new season launches on Sunday, July 10 at 10 pm ET/PT.
Over seven episodes, comedian W. Kamau Bell will visit communities across America to explore race, class, and the unique challenges they face with his signature blend of empathy and humor.
“For the last seven years, United Shades of America has been a cornerstone of the CNN Original Series brand, and Kamau’s unparalleled ability to weave his natural curiosity and sense of humor together have ignited many important – and at times vital – conversations around race and society in this country,” Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide, said.
“We are excited to join Kamau on another personal and witty odyssey across America.”
On the seventh season of United Shades of America, Bell will be traveling to various locations, including Appalachia, investigating the significant and mostly unknown population of Black Americans who call the area home.
He also is heading to Hawaii, revealing how an exploitative tourism industry has commodified the island after the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Neither COVID, nor misinformation, nor political gridlock, nor the gloom of the feeling that American democracy is crumbling will keep me from my appointed duty of traveling the country for another season of United Shades of America,” Bell said.
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