Gordon and Nanjiani wrote The Big Sick. Half hour true stories about immigrants - different and engaging, each story flagged by 'Now showing' film title, each with different writer / director, generally about rising from extreme poverty into some form of success through hard work.
Young Indian has to run motel solo when parents are deported. Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi, Homeland).
Feisty, disadvantaged Latin American girl (Jearnest Corchado) gets good at squash.
Hard-working Nigerian economy student (Conphidance) becomes a cowboy.
A woman on a silent retreat turns out to be French. Mélanie Laurent.
A Ugandan girl Kemiyondo Coutinho (her debut) changes her life by selling cookies in Louisville.
Chinese mother Angela Li is very possessive of children on Alaska cruise - we find out why.
Iranian fantasist Shaun Toub (Homeland, The Kite Runner) attempts to build house on rocky plot; actually fails, in slightly disappointing episode.
And gay Syrian Haaz Sleiman escapes persecution via Jordan and finally to America.
Made by Universal television for Apple TV. 8 x 30'.
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