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  • The Power of Art & Connection to Community This Holiday Season: What to Watch on WORLD in December

    This December, WORLD films focus on introspection and desire in stories of creativity, adversity and the comfort of community. Two new films this month introduce artists whose personal lives, individualism and revolutionary works are inherently intertwined, and every Monday Stories from the Stage episode celebrates the spirit of the holidays.

  • Storytelling: Humanity at Its Deepest Core

    Through eight seasons of Stories from the Stage, the award-winning show has encountered over 400 storytellers from all walks of life. Each has bravely stepped into the spotlight to tell the world about one of the most vulnerable moments in their lives. It’s an act of courage that transforms fear into empowerment, leaving both the tellers and the audience changed. Three of these storytellers – Jason Prokowiew, James Griffin and Connie Chin – share how friends, family, and complete strangers have reacted to them telling their stories and what the experience has taught them about themselves and the power of storytelling.

  • Honoring Traditional Native Practices for the Future: Native American Heritage Month on WORLD

    This November, celebrate Native traditions, cultures, languages and stories during Native American Heritage Month with two feature-length documentaries premiering on Local, USA. Explore how the people of the Lummi and Yurok tribes stay committed to their respective heritage and traditions today for future generations, plus watch a new episode of Stories from the Stage sharing how confronting a hurtful past can open the door to healing and justice.

  • No One Wants to Talk About Racial Trauma, but Here's Why All Families Should

    Cara Anthony, Midwest correspondent for KFF Health News and host of "Silence in Sikeston: The Podcast," writes about how her reporting in Sikeston, MO led to uncovering deep trauma that lived within her own family. Read her story and listen to the podcast, now available on all platforms. "Silence in Sikeston" premieres September 16 at 8/7c.

  • Your Pre-Election Watch List, Climate Change Week, and VOCES: October on WORLD

    This October, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, amplify Latinx stories and Native voices, and recognize environmental action and American democracy with a special presentation of Latino Public Broadcasting's VOCES, a new climate change film and the start of the eighth season of Stories from the Stage.

  • VOCES Comes to WORLD This Hispanic Heritage Month

    Produced by Latino Public Broadcasting, the acclaimed PBS documentary series VOCES features the best of Latinx arts, culture and history while shining a light on current issues that impact Latinx and Hispanic Americans. VOCES comes to WORLD this Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate the rich diversity of this community's American experience, presenting new and established filmmakers and brings their powerful and illuminating stories to a national audience.

  • The Sickness of Silence: Cara Anthony’s Public Health Mission in Missouri and Beyond

    "Silence in Sikeston" explores how silence hinders the process of communal healing, especially for those who have experienced racial violence. To accompany the one-hour Local, USA documentary, now streaming on YouTube, KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony hosts a podcast by the same name that dives deeper into the generational effects of unhealed trauma and grief that goes unacknowledged. Anthony speaks about her roles in the project's production and why the storytelling behind it is so integral to who she is and the issues she holds most important.

  • WORLD to Premiere Silence in Sikeston

    On September 16, WORLD will premiere "Silence in Sikeston," a co-production of KFF Health News and Retro Report, as part of Local, USA. Stemming from reporting by KFF journalists at KFF Health News, "Silence in Sikeston" tells the story of the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright and the ensuing failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching. The lynching continues to haunt the rural Missouri community as it struggles to cope with the fatal 2020 police shooting of a young Black father, Denzel Taylor.

  • Ending Cycles of Silence, Desegregation and Hispanic & Latinx Stories This September on WORLD

    This September, WORLD presents more reasons than one to clock back into your usual routine. Silence in Sikeston, a new Local, USA special, makes connections between history, violence and trauma in one Missouri city through a documentary film and companion podcast. HBCU Week returns alongside a new film, Segregation Scholarships, exploring a lesser-known piece of desegregation history. And America ReFramed is back with films sharing stories of election officials, housing advocates and community organizers.

  • Silence in Sikeston: Watch, Listen and Meet the Makers

    Silence in Sikeston is a multi-platform project exploring necessary questions about history, trauma, silence and resilience through one small Missouri city. Find out how to watch the film, listen to the podcast and learn more about the story of Sikeston.