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Exploring the Connection Between Art, History & Trauma with the Filmmakers of 'Town Destroyer'
At the heart of Town Destroyer, a new America ReFramed film now streaming on WORLD during Native American Heritage Month, is an extensive piece of artwork that becomes the touchstone of heated controversy and passionate debate in one San Francisco community. Filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow sought to tell the story of the dispute in a way that presented more than one side and let viewers form their own opinions.
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Behind the Scenes of Election Day: Directors Sara Archambault and Margo Guernsey on No Time to Fail
In No Time to Fail, co-directors and producers Sara Archambault and Margo Guernsey pull back the proverbial voting booth curtain to explore the responsibilities of and challenges faced by election workers in the United States during the 2020 presidential election. The directors spoke with WORLD about what they learned while making the film and what more Americans should understand about not only elections, but the people who make our civic duty to vote almost effortless.
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The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special Explores the Current-Day Pursuit of Reparations for African Americans
The Cost of Inheritance: An American ReFramed Special will premiere on January 8, 2024 on PBS and launch on WORLD on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 15, 2024. The one-hour film traces the nation's legacy of systemic inequities to modern-day America, introducing audiences to descendants of enslaved persons and slave owners, profiling their complex intertwined histories and detailing how their quest to bridge divides galvanized them to seek reparations together.
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The Power of Native Voices: What to Watch on WORLD in November
Over the last year, strides have been made to atone for decades of injustices against Native American people and their communities. During Native American Heritage Month in November, WORLD presents films that explore Native experiences across the U.S. – past, present and future. This November, follow along with our programming highlighting Native activists, families, trailblazers and more.
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Meet Your Hosts: Stories from the Stage’s Theresa Okokon and Wes Hazard Share Their Own Stories
Stories from the Stage showcases storytellers from all around the world, each with a special story to tell. Before they make their way up to the stage, co-hosts Theresa Okokon and Wes Hazard sit down to get to know each teller beyond the performance – but how much do we know about them? In a digital exclusive, Okokon and Hazard pull back the proverbial curtain to give us insight into their connection to storytelling and how hosting the show plays a role in each of their lives.
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Filmmaker Rebekah Henderson on the Civic Responsibility of 'Her Girls' in Colorado’s Local Elections
"Running with My Girls" filmmaker Rebekah Henderson shares how she set out to follow five women who wanted to change things in Denver and how it affected her perspective of local politics.
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Your Vote: New Documentary on Securing Elections and a New Season of Storytelling
This month, we continue to focus our attention on the state of the government with a new film – No Time to Fail – offering a rare inside look at the process to election day. Stories from the Stage returns for season 7 with two special episodes produced in partnership with Arizona PBS, Nebraska Public Media and Vision Maker Media. Plus, Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations continue and watch a special digital feature in commemoration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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WORLD Captures 4 Emmy® Nominations and a NETA Win During 2023 Awards Season
This year, WORLD has been nominated for four Emmy® Awards and have won a NETA Public Media Award! We’re excited to lift these films up and continue our mission of telling under-told and underrepresented stories.
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Stories from the Stage to Premiere Season 7 on WORLD with New Slate of Storytellers
Stories from the Stage premieres its seventh season on Monday, October 16, featuring new special episodes taped in Arizona and Nebraska.
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Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution: Demand for Plant-Based Protein Offers Promise for More Diverse Landscape
One of the leading producers of plant protein, PURIS, opened a large processing facility outside of Dawson, Minnesota in October 2021 to extract protein from yellow peas. Yet corn and soybeans dominate the landscape around the facility to this day. Why aren't we seeing more change in the Midwest? Growers explain the challenges in latest segment of Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution.
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