This month, WORLD features a new season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, more new films about returning citizens for Liberated Lives, and an Earth Day double feature exploring controlled cultural burning in California and flooding in North Carolina. Uniting themes of justice, redemption and forward progress, WORLD mirrors the spring season with films representing hope and renewal.
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 Channel 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.
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Stories
While the month of May has officially been recognized as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, oftentimes the cultural nuance of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities is lost under a large, diasporic umbrella. As WORLD celebrates AANHPI Heritage Month along with our partners and community members, it's important to highlight the stories of ritual, pride and trailblazing diversity that come from Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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Each May, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a time to elevate voices of the diaspora and encourage the growth of AANHPI representation.
This month, films premiering on WORLD – In Search of Bengali Harlem on May 9 and Chinatown Auxiliary on Mary 13 – explore the Asian American experience in two New York City boroughs. Find more in our AANHPI and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders collections.
Plus, watch three new Stories from the Stage episodes about Belonging (May 6), Body and Soul (May 13) and Youth Rising (May 20).
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Liberated Lives, a compelling curated collection from WORLD, showcases stories of individuals transitioning from incarceration to reintegration. Highlighting resilience, transformation, and the journey toward redemption, it's more than a series of documentaries – it's a movement that amplifies the voices of those often marginalized and encourages viewers to recognize their role in our democracy.
After Danielle Metz’s commutation, she gets a rare chance to regain her life and family.
In Dawson, MN, PURIS promises to revolutionize "alt-meat" and the agricultural system.
How do we define "home"? From stories of rural communities striving to be seen to explorations of what it means to feel at home, explore the economic, environmental and social issues that affect ways of life across the nation. From the heartland of America to Native lands, from the unacknowledged to the underserved, who are the people facing critical challenges and changes while fighting for a place to call home?
A look at the rising waters on Virginia's Eastern Shore and challenges for its residents.
Princeville, NC, once the all Black town of ‘Freedom Hill,’ faces flooding and erosion.
WORLD Channel spotlights stories of climate change and environmental conservation from Southeast Louisiana to Aotearoa, New Zealand to the Arctic Circle. What action can you make today to create positive change for your community and the planet as a whole?
A Yurok knowledge keeper seeks to return fire practices, and restore land and people.
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