This May, allow us to reintroduce Doc World, our award-winning international documentary series featuring compelling characters and unfiltered storytelling that reveal how the human experience is shared no matter where we’re from. The new season takes viewers from Toronto to Malawi, Budapest and Tokyo, to explore universal themes that keep us all connected. Also this month, Stories from the Stage celebrates women taking charge of their own destiny, the power of love in all its forms, and what we can learn about ourselves through a journey abroad in four new episodes, and streaming Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander films encompass the energy and depth of the diaspora.
Being Asian
We carry our histories, hopes, and humor into the search for belonging. When life falls apart, Annie learns that being the rock doesn’t mean carrying everything alone; Tae’s trumpet dreams collide with the budget, teaching him that love sometimes sounds like compromise; and Shweta confronts beauty standards, reclaiming her reflection. Three storytellers, three interpretations of Being Asian.
Flying Hands
In Pakistan’s remote mountains, Aniqa Bano gave birth to her deaf daughter, Narjis, unaware of the deep stigma and silence surrounding deaf children. In a society that once kept them in the shadows, Aniqa challenges deep-rooted beliefs and lays a foundation where deaf youth now find not only education and respect, but a world of possibility.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Stories
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community has been plagued by heightened hate. This AANHPI Heritage Month, watch films that honor the struggles faced and celebrate the accomplishments of this vibrant community. Throughout May, WORLD shares stories of AAPI defiance, solidarity and humanity, from complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea and intimate portraits of Chinatowns across America to profiles of AAPI changemakers like youth climate change activists in New Zealand.
FEATURES & HIGHLIGHTS
This May, we reintroduce Doc World with a new season of films that show us how we are all connected through our shared humanity, no matter where we’re from. Watch a season preview now and find our full May line-up in our viewer’s guide.
Along with new global filmmaker, we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander stories with streaming films like "Far East Deep South," "Geographies of Kinship," and more.
Plus, new Stories from the Stage episodes – “Women in Action” (5/5), “Being Asian” (5/12), “What I Did for Love” (5/19) and “On the Road Again” (5/26) celebrate women taking charge of their own destiny, the power of love in all its forms, and what we can learn about ourselves through a journey abroad.
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Descendants of a Black neighborhood in Athens, GA fight to preserve its memory and seek redress.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community has been plagued by heightened hate. This AANHPI Heritage Month, watch films that honor the struggles faced and celebrate the accomplishments of this vibrant community.
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