MSNBC FILMS TO AIR FOUR-PART DOCUMENTARY SERIES MY GENERATION BEGINNING SATURDAY, OCT. 5 AT 9 P.M. ET
THE NBC NEWS STUDIOS PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS THE BIGGEST MOMENTS THAT SHAPED FOUR GENERATIONS: BABY BOOMERS, GENERATION X, MILLENNIALS, AND GEN Z
(NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27, 2024) – MSNBC Films will air the four-part documentary series My Generation on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. ET.
Each two-hour episode presents a nostalgic and insightful take on one of the four generations to which the majority of Americans belong: Baby Boomers (born1946 to 1964), Generation X (born 1965 to 1981), Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) and Gen Z (born after 1997). Combining archival footage and original interviews, the series documents the seminal events in politics, media, and culture that shaped each generation.
My Generation, an NBC News Studios production, features high-profile narrators: Forest Whitaker, Ethan Hawke, Kristen Bell, and Jenna Ortega who walk viewers through the history of each generation while featuring new original interviews from those who lived through their generation’s biggest moments first-hand.
Forest Whitaker, narrates the premiere episode centered on the Baby Boomer generation, shining a light on those who grew up in the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, assassinations of JFK, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and more.
Part two, airing on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. ET, is narrated by Ethan Hawke, focuses on the music, art, pop culture, tragedies and triumphs of Generation X: America’s smallest, middle-child generation – told through the personal experiences of Tony Hawk, Alyssa Milano, Richard Linklater, and others.
Narrated by Kristen Bell, the third part in the My Generation series, airing on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. ET, takes a look at how Millennials were branded as the entitled and coddled generation while being the last generation to experience life before the Internet, with interviews by LeAnn Rimes, Jimmy O. Yang, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Hayley Williams and many more.
The final part of the My Generation series, narrated by Jenna Ortega, tells the story of Gen Z, a generation whose story is still unfolding today both online and off with powerful interviews from David Hogg and notable Gen Z activists, Olivia Juliana, Deja Foxx, and more. Part four of My Generation airs on MSNBC Saturday, Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET.
ABOUT MSNBC FILMS
MSNBC Films, a division of MSNBC, produces and acquires documentary features and short films for distribution across the NBCUniversal News Group platforms. MSNBC Films collaborates with top filmmakers to deliver a variety of thought-provoking films that reveal the humanity beyond the headlines, combining the extraordinary journalism of NBCUniversal News Group. For more information, please visit https://www.msnbc.com/films.
ABOUT NBC NEWS STUDIOS
NBC News Studios is a documentary production company inside NBC News. It partners with premier filmmakers and leverages the assets of its esteemed news organization to bring stories to the screen, including eight decades of television and radio archive, a global network of journalists, a world-class investigative team, and a rich trove of editorial IP. The team has decades of experience in documentary film and television and has been honored with multiple Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont awards. Recent work includes Separated (Venice Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival) directed by Errol Morris, Every Body (Tribeca Film Festival/Focus Features) directed by Julie Cohen, Leguizamo Does America (MSNBC), The Disappearance of Shere Hite (Sundance/IFC Films) directed by Nicole Newnham and co-produced with This Machine; Diamond Hands: The Legend of Wall Street Bets (SXSW/MSNBC) from Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari; the scripted mini-series The Thing About Pam (NBC) starring Renée Zellweger and produced with Blumhouse Productions and Big Picture Co. Upcoming projects include collaborations with directors Errol Morris and Dawn Porter. NBC News Studios co-sponsors Original Voices, an artist development and inclusion initiative for independent documentary filmmakers, in partnership with NBCU Academy. Recent Original Voices grantees include Sundance prize-winning Bad Press, Independent Spirit Award Truer Than Fiction winner Unseen, and Union, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in U.S Documentary Competition.
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