Our America With Lisa Ling
TV Show · Reality

Lisa Ling, who first gained national attention as co-host of the often-lighthearted daytime gabfest "The View," goes in-depth on controversial and, at times, disturbing topics in "Our America." Ling tries to provoke discussion as she immerses herself into the lives of the people she meets and profiles, challenging viewers to understand different perspectives and even question their own beliefs. Some of the topics Ling covers include faith healers, being gay in the Christian community and heroin addiction.

2011 · 41m
  • 15+
Starring Lisa Ling

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Faith Healers
    Lisa Ling journeys inside a massive faith healing revival to discover the people who believe in miracles and the people who promise them. As more Americans than ever turn to supernatural cures, Lisa is challenged by what she thought she knew about faith.
    41m
  • EPISODE 2
    Transgender Lives
    Lisa Ling explores the very private worlds of five different transgender people across America. Each is on a journey of transformation; from the sex they were born to the one they feel they really are.
    41m
  • EPISODE 3
    State of Sex Offenders
    Lisa Ling goes into America's communities to understand how we deal with our most feared criminals -- sex offenders --- and just what life on the sex offender registry looks like.
    41m
  • EPISODE 4
    Pray the Gay Away?
    Through intimate portraits and perspectives, Lisa Ling takes a look at one of the most polarizing debates in Christianity today: Is it possible to be gay and Christian at the same time?
    41m
  • EPISODE 5
    Online Brides
    Lisa Ling follows a man from Houston, Texas on an international 'marriage tour' to Barranquilla, Colombia, where he'll meet hundreds of beautiful women, all hoping to marry an American. But can he transcend cultural barriers and find true love?
    41m
  • EPISODE 6
    Heroin in the Heartland
    Lisa Ling takes a journey into America's heartland, exploring an Ohio county ravaged by heroin addiction and the steps the community is taking as it struggles to break free.
    41m

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Our America With Lisa Ling

Reality

Lisa Ling, who first gained national attention as co-host of the often-lighthearted daytime gabfest "The View," goes in-depth on controversial and, at times, disturbing topics in "Our America." Ling tries to provoke discussion as she immerses herself into the lives of the people she meets and profiles, challenging viewers to understand different perspectives and even question their own beliefs. Some of the topics Ling covers include faith healers, being gay in the Christian community and heroin addiction.

15+

COMMON SENSE

Docuseries is both sympathetic and informative.

Information

Studio
OWN
Released
2011
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United States

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  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
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  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
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