{"id":8149,"date":"2016-01-20T11:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/epix-to-explore-inequality-in-doc-fr\/"},"modified":"2016-01-20T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T18:51:53","slug":"norman-lear-common-and-shonda-rhimes-exec-producing-epix-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/norman-lear-common-and-shonda-rhimes-exec-producing-epix-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Lear, Common &amp; Shonda Rhimes Exec Producing EPIX Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK\/MIAMI: EPIX is set to premiere a documentary about inequality this fall, in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, with Norman Lear, Common and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/shonda-rhimes-2\/\">Shonda Rhimes<\/a><\/strong> on board as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p><em>America Divided<\/em> was created by Solly Granatstein, Lucian Read and Richard Rowley, and is being produced by Divided Films in association with RadicalMedia. It will feature high-profile correspondents exploring inequality in relation to their own backgrounds. Common will return to his hometown of Chicago to look at the criminal justice system. America Ferrera will head to Texas to look at healthcare for poor women and voting rights. Zach Galifianakis will explore the political landscape in North Carolina. Lear will look at the housing crisis in New York. The challenges faced by domestic workers will be explored by Amy Poehler. Peter Sarsgaard will look at addiction in towns where factory closures have left many unemployed. Jesse Williams will examine inequality in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPIX is committed to presenting thought-provoking documentaries that deal head-on with hot-button topics that affect our society,\u201d said Mark S. Greenberg, CEO and President of EPIX. \u201c<em>America Divided<\/em> is a nonpartisan investigation of the key issues shaping the presidential campaign, and we are confident our viewers will find each episode compelling and accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis series cuts to the heart of the inequality crisis, exploring life-and-death struggles around the economic, social and political divide,\u201d said the show&#8217;s creators in a joint statement. \u201cOur aim is to expose the damage extreme inequality inflicts on all Americans, reveal its systemic causes and celebrate real-world heroes fighting for solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAddressing the ramifications of inequality is hugely important to me,\u201d said Common. \u201cThe more we explore the subject and build a dialogue around the issues, the more we can do to create change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForemost among the Founding Fathers\u2019 promises was equality under the law,\u201d Lear noted. \u201cIt&#8217;s up to us to help them keep their promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe promise of the American dream was a united country where everyone is treated equal,\u201d said Rhimes. \u201cThat promise has clearly been broken; all you have to do is look around to see that our reality has been built on the back of inequality. 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