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Season 1 – Wu-Tang: An American Saga

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In early 1990s New York, Bobby Diggs strives to unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga — Season 1

Wu-Tang: An American Saga — Season 1

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While not quite as impressive as its legendary subject matter, An American Saga is a beautifully rendered and raw exploration of the Wu-Tang journey.

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Nick Schager The Daily Beast 09/14/2021
Wu-Tang: An American Saga paints a portrait of inner-city trials and tribulations that feels like a third-rate photocopy of The Wire, glorifying the very sort of behavior and milieu that, presumably, its characters are trying to escape. Go to Full Review
Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 02/26/2020
There's an emotional grit and resonance to this fictionalised version of the Wu-Tang Clan story... Even non-fans can dig it. Go to Full Review
Troy Patterson The New Yorker 11/02/2019
Dirty's every gesture-every swigged drink and slinky entrance-is dancerly, in a series that plays like a great piece of work about the quest to achieve freedom of movement. Go to Full Review
Tres Dean Inverse 01/10/2023
While it may be more subtle than expected, Wu-Tang: An American Saga is very much a musical biopic series for you, fellow comic book geek. Go to Full Review
Randy Dankievitch Goomba Stomp 09/14/2021
Equally earnest and self-righteous, Wu-Tang: An American Saga's best moments are often its quietest, haunting interludes between musical sequences and trite gangster story lines; unfortunately, those moments are spread too thin. Go to Full Review
Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ 10/19/2020
Wu-Tang: An American Saga paints this world vividly and convincingly, while still finding time for moments of peace, stillness, love and solidarity. Go to Full Review
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Fbio A. @grizzly Jul 18 Série muito fodaa manoooo See more Mr M @Mair_2879 01/11/2025 Fantastic series, Wu Tang forever See more Rocky Y @RT79119952 05/07/2024 Underwhelming. Too artificial to be real and too boring to be fiction. Much like the Prince Rakeem video in the show. 8 hours wasted. After seeing GZA live in his 50ies - it seems like the Wu continues demystifying itself. See more Mark B @RT20641467 03/21/2023 Amazing show. I grew up in the 90s listening to this music and lived in the run down areas of California. This was east cost compared to west cost style but anyone who grew up near the hood gers why this show us a 5. If you grew up in the burbs your not gonna get it as much. See more Jared M @RT47794435 02/25/2023 In depth biopic into the lives of all the Wu-Tang Clan members. Season 1 is a bit slow, but necessary and it's still good. However things really begin to pick up in season 2, and it's epic watching how they came together to become legends of hip hop history. See more prawnda s @RT72497680 02/15/2023 low quality nostalgia cash grab. the casting is cheap, randomized, people from crappy daytime TV, and the actors are unable to stay on beat while performing or do a halfway decent rendition of the original songs. there are some decent moments, but there are far too many issues with the material and it's execution for the show to be believable. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Sep 4, 2019 Can It Be All So Simple In Staten Island, N.Y., the birth of Wu-Tang starts with a bang -- literally. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 4, 2019 Winter Warz With Divine on the sidelines, Dennis and Bobby step up to handle his responsibilities. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 4, 2019 All In Together Now A friend's death sends Dennis spiraling and divides Staten Island. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 11, 2019 All That I Got Is You Dennis and Bobby find a new hustle to make some cream. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 18, 2019 Cold World Divine returns home, but it does not feel the same. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 25, 2019 Impossible A birds'-eye view of Wu. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 2, 2019 Box in Hand The Diggs family moves on -- in different directions. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 9, 2019 Labels Industry rule No. 4,080. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 16, 2019 I Declare War The Shaolin and the Wu-Tang may be dangerous. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 23, 2019 Assassination Day A mysterious tape makes the rounds in New York City; as people try to figure out who the group is, Bobby and Dennis try to figure out how to handle Attila. Details
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Season Info

Creator
Alex Tse, RZA
Executive Producer
Alex Tse, RZA, Brian Grazer, Method Man, Francie Calfo
Network
Hulu
Rating
TV-MA (V|L)
Genre
Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 4, 2019