One of the most ambitious documentaries about American family life ever undertaken, AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY presents the story of a thirty year love affair between a black man and a white woman.

Bill Sims and Karen Wilson met in 1967, a revolutionary year for race in America. Told in ten one-hour episodes, the series captures the individual and collective experiences of three generations - from the cotton fields of Georgia to the steel mills of Ohio to the hustle of New York - on both sides of the family.

Jennifer Fox lived with the family for more than a year. Shooting over 1000 hours of cinema verite footage and interviews, she has gathered a unique, in-depth family portrait. Each family member's life is caught: Bill Sims (43), a blues musician; Karen Wilson (42), a corporate information center manager; and their two daughters, Cicily and Chaney. Cicily is a college senior studying religion, and Chaney a seventh grader on the cusp of adolescence. Extensive interviews with each member reveal their unique experiences and perspective on race.

Although there has been a recent spate of feature films about interracial couples, there has never been a film which explores this issue with the depth, honesty and emotion required to experience and feel life as Bill, Karen, Cicily and Chaney do. AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY is the ultimate exploration of an interracial family, a black and white family, an American family.

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"By turns enormously engaging, deeply affecting and profoundly unsettling. Fox's magnum opus is a cinema verite study of an exceptional family." - Variety

"It is the delineation of race as a factor conditioning every moment of quotidian existence that makes the series so unique. But as our understanding of the characters deepen, race becomes only part of the picture...The greatest American film made this year!" - Village Voice

"Not only a magnificent celebration... but an enlightening exploration of race relations at the end of the 20th century... the film's unique power lies in its ability to rattle the most complacent optimist while simultaneously reaffirming the remarkable resiliency of that supposedly endangered institution [marriage]." - TV Guide

"A sustained meditation on race relations and opportunity in the United States." - The New York Times

"One of the most satisfying viewing experiences in recent memory." - Time Out