TV series

An American Family

1973 · 1 season

Quietly voyeuristic and unhurried, it lets ordinary domestic friction unfold until the family's polite surface slowly cracks.

Overview: Originally intended as a chronicle of the daily life of the Louds, a Santa Barbara upper-middle-class family, the groundbreaking program documented the breakup of the family via the separation and subsequent divorce of parents Bill and Pat Loud.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, betrayal, coming-of-age
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
betrayal
coming-of-age
media
Places: suburbs
home
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary
Created by: Craig Gilbert
Starring: Pat Loud, Bill Loud, Lance Loud, Kevin Loud, Grant Loud, Delilah Loud, Michelle Loud, Craig Gilbert
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 60 min each
Network: PBS
Country: United States of America
Languages: English