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America Reframed
American Dreams Deferred
Season 1
Episode 14
AMERICAN DREAMS DEFERRED follows NYU grad student William Caballero, who is juggling family with the challenges of breaking the cycle of issues that has kept relatives from reaching their dreams. He turns the camera on his Puerto Rican-American family to examine U.S. health care and culture, and to explore his and family’s dreams. It begs the ultimate question: who attains their American Dream?
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