The History of White People in America (1985)

Directed by

Harry Shearer

Genre

mockumentary, comedy television program

Country

United States

Runtime

47 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a mockumentary that uses fake interviews and staged scenes to humorously examine the culture and habits of white Americans. It is a series of short sketches first shown on TV in the 1980s.

satiricalplayfulobservationallightheartedparodicdrymetadocumentary-style

What happens

The History of White People in America was a series of 30-minute mockumentary-style vignettes, first broadcast on American television Cinemax beginning in 1985, and later re-edited for home video release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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