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A New Season of Doc World Showcases Global Stories That Connect Us All This May

This May, we reintroduce Doc World with compelling characters and unfiltered storytelling revealing how the human experience is shared no matter where we’re from. 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.

Local, USA

Linnentown

The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA, come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal project, and now they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and seek redress.

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.

Doc World

And Still I Sing

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed mentors two young women competing on Afghan Star, until their lives are upended when the Taliban returns. As women’s rights collapse, they must escape Kabul and find safety in exile.