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Generations (1989)

Generations poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 35 episodes
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a soap opera about two families in Chicago, one Black and one White, and their intertwined lives. It focuses on the personal and professional conflicts that arise between them.

melodramaticslow-pacedfamily-centricdramaticgroundedslightly datedemotionalstructured

What happens

Generations is an American soap opera that aired on NBC in the United States from March 27, 1989, to January 25, 1991, and in Canada, where it ran on CBC Television. The show was groundbreaking in that it was the first soap opera to feature a Black-American family from its inception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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