Normal Ain't Normal
4 Episodes
Normal Ain't Normal is a scripted episodic series based on real people's stories, that explores the struggles, absurdities, and surprising possibilities of working-class people navigating the strange, "post" COVID terrain across the United States. Dramatic, captivating, and darkly comedic, the series follows colorful characters who offer a unique, intimate glimpse inside the U.S.'s growing fault lines of race, class, and extreme inequality.
Executive Produced by Offsides Productions and Rosario Dawson
Directed by Yvan Iturriaga
Produced by Josh Healey
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07:40Episode 1
Life and Debt
Episode 1
A powerful yet paranoid Black yoga teacher struggles with massive medical bills and her own fraught emotional state in the aftermath of a Covid hospitalization.
Starring: Tristan Cunningham, Rosario Dawson
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07:36Episode 2
Not Machine Enough
Episode 2
Jaime is an aging, sarcastic handyman at a major Bay Area tech company faces a crisis at work and decides to confront America's culture of disposability - not just of plastic toys and appliances, but of low-wage immigrant workers like himself.
Starring: Sal Lopez
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05:38Episode 3
Share the Pie
Episode 3
Reem is an award-winning Palestinian chef who is caught between the media hype and the brutal inequality of the restaurant industry. After the pandemic and government inaction left her beloved bakery scrambling to survive, Reem surprises a prestigious award ceremony by taking a risky stand for he...
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09:58Episode 4
Unlord the Land
Episode 4
A young Native artist gets caught in a struggle over land and blood ties when his brother - a rich real estate agent - makes a deal to flip their family's apartment building in rapidly gentrifying Oakland.
Starring: D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Martin Sensmeier