‎Grayson Perry: Big American Road Trip - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

How does America look to an outsider? Award-winning artist Grayson Perry roars across the US on a rainbow-colored Harley to meet people from both sides of the racial divide, probing the nation’s deepening cultural and political fault-lines. From young black professionals in Atlanta to farmers in Wisconsin, how will Perry channel the lived experience of a divided America into one united artwork?

2020 · 44m

Starring Grayson Perry

Director Neil Crombie, Adam Simons

EPISODE 1

The South

This is America just before the death of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. The cracks are on show. Award-winning artist Grayson Perry has come to the South to understand intensifying racial divisions - hearing stories of police hostility and code switching, of black Americans under pressure. Blunt, open and honest, these are conversations that need to be heard.
EPISODE 2

The East

This is ‘blue state’ America, but what part did it play in turning America red? On a bike trip to the liberal holiday playground of Martha’s Vineyard and Brooklyn’s woke enclave, artist Grayson Perry questions how America’s liberals have contributed to the country’s deepening economic and racial divides. A fresh study of how liberals see their country. And how the rest of the country sees them.
EPISODE 3

Wisconsin

Eccentric British artist Grayson Perry roars into rural Wisconsin dressed in rainbow coloured leathers on his multicoloured Harley. A bold move in a part of the country that’s bitterly divided over identity politics and hot button issues like abortion and guns… This is a subset of America that feels sidelined and ignored. Can Grayson create an artwork that will make them feel seen again?

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The Great Muslim American Road Trip
I Am Not Your Negro
Anthem

Grayson Perry

Host
Neil Crombie

Director
Adam Simons

Director
Neil Crombie

Producer
Adam Simons

Producer
Flo Barrow

Producer
Marian Edusei

Producer
Joe Evans

Producer