Episodes
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America By The Numbers | Students of Color: Left Behind
58s
Despite recent progress, students of color are still less likely than white students to complete high school.
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America By The Numbers | America On Track to Graduate
1m 8s
Graduation rates in American have reached an all-time high, but some states are lagging behind.
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America By The Numbers | High School Diploma: Game Changer
58s
Why graduate? High school graduates make more money, are less likely to be unemployed, and live almost a decade longer than those who don’t finish school.
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America By The Numbers | Graduation Rates: State by State
1m 8s
Graduation rates are increasing in almost every state — which states are leading this progress, and which states are lagging behind?
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Angelo Sosa
3m 28s
Award-winning chef Angelo Sosa is known for bold interpretations of Asian and American cuisine using complex flavors. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Sosa cooked in several acclaimed kitchens, even becoming an Executive Sous Chef. Most recently, he was the runner up on the seventh season of Top Chef, and is the owner of several restaurants in New York and Las Vegas.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Roland Martin
3m 57s
Climbing through the print media ranks, Roland Martin became the executive editor of the Chicago Defender in the '90s. Known as an authority on race, politics, religion, Martin has received awards for excellence in journalism and is an NAACP Image Award recipient. The host of news program Washington Watch also pens a nationally syndicated column and is a highly sought political and social analyst.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Lemon Andersen
3m 30s
Andrew "Lemon" Andersen is a poet raised in Brooklyn. He watched his stepfather, father and mother die from heroin abuse and AIDS complications, leaving him and his brother to grow up alone. With talent, encouragement from friends and mentors in the Hip Hop community, Andersen rose to critical acclaim. He has appeared in Def Poetry Jam, the PBS documentary Lemon and one-man show County of Kings.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michael Eric Dyson
3m 57s
Born into a working-class family outside of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson became an ordained Baptist minister, and then obtained his masters and PHD degrees in religion from Princeton University. He is now a professor of sociology at Georgetown University. Called inspiring and influential by Essence and Ebony, Dyson is an author of 16 books focused on issues within the African American community.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Beverly Bond
4m 16s
For Beverly Bond, music is everything. It defined her childhood and helped her through the shadows of underground clubs to become one of the most sought after DJ’s. After leaving the music industry, which was fraught with superficiality for the male-dominated world of music production, Bond founded the non-profit Black Girls Rock! to promote and develop leadership roles in African American teens.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Soledad O'Brien
4m 16s
Harvard University graduate Soledad O'Brien was born to an Irish-Australian father and an Afro-Cuban mother. O'Brien began as a TV writer and producer, and later became an anchor and co-host of news programs for MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. In 2003, she was tapped to co-anchor CNN’s American Mornings and then Starting Point. O'Brien left CNN in 2013 to find Starfish Media Group, a production company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Malik Yoba
4m 5s
Born and raised in the Bronx, Malik Yoba is no stranger to life on the stage; his exposure to theater is the driving force behind his pursuit of acting. Yoba, winner of three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for New York Undercover, is the author of autobiography Yoba: Lessons From the Street and Other Places. He's also the founder of Malik Yoba National Theatre Company.
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Amar'e Stoudemire
3m 44s
Though Amar’e Stoudemire didn’t start playing basketball until his early teens, he has become one of the most dominating power forwards in pro basketball. With athleticism, skills and guidance, Stoudemire was drafted into the NBA after high school in order to elevate himself and his family to a better life. The All-Star player is also a writer of a series of books and founded an outreach program.
Extras + Features
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Shot in Mexico | Trailer
1m 30s
Armed with a camera, a young American journalist chases a revolution in Mexico. But his journey ends tragically when he is caught in a gun battle, films his own murder, and sets two families – one American, one Mexican – on a cross-border quest for justice.
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Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Asian American Artists
43s
Asian American filmmakers made history again at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Industry leaders discussed the current and future state of Asian Americans in media at the ELEVATE, INCUBATE & DEMONSTRATE: ADVANCING ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS panel in Park City, Utah with guests, including Justin Chon (Gook), Lisa Nishimura, Grace Lee (American Revolutionary...) and Effie Brown (Dear White People).
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WORLD Channel: Fall 2017 Sizzle
2m 2s
A Fall 2017 preview of what's coming to WORLD Channel - from series AMERICA REFRAMED, DOC WORLD, LOCAL, USA and STORIES FROM THE STAGE.
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Our Voices: Asian-Pacific Americans
30s
What is your identity? The answer may be as much about being Asian-Pacific as it is about being American for Asian Pacific Americans. Featuring the best of public media's documentaries, "Our Voices: Asian Pacific Americans" showcases stories by, about and for this community of difference. Join in on the conversation #MyAPALife!
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Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class | Promo
30s
Probes the harsh and often brutal discrimination that has made it extremely difficult for African-Americans to establish a middle-class standard of living. Through dramatic historical footage and deeply moving personal interviews, "Against All Odds" explores the often frustrated efforts of black families to pursue the American dream.
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#MyAPALife with MELE MURAL's Keoni Lee
30s
MELE MURALS's executive producer Keoni Lee talks about the importance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - from sharing Hawaiian experiences within to outside of the community.
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Come Together
30s
In a post-election era in which the nation is divided on the issues, there is still unity among its citizens. WORLD Channel presents the real-life stories of people coming together for their fellow man, woman, child and planet - individuals, young and old; a community's educators and students; citizens and scientists with technology; and neighbors from all walks of life.
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Chasing the Dream: A PBS NewsHour Weekend Special | Promo
30s
There were no bigger issues fueling the 2016 election than jobs and the increasing number of Americans who feel that a recovering economy simply passed them by. From the rural towns of Eastern Kentucky to the heart of Silicon Valley, stories of struggles and solutions — and new light on the growing economic divide felt by millions of Americans.
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Remembering Charleston | Promo
30s
From the historic sanctuary of Charleston's Mother Emanuel, Beryl Dakers talks with Rev. Betty Clark, Rev. Joe Darby, former S.C. legislator Bakari Sellers and Malcolm Graham. The conversation focuses on the reaction after nine people were murdered during Bible study, and what is left to be done for this community and country to continue to heal.
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Mi Historia
20s
Mi Historia celebrates Latino stories and culture during Hispanic Heritage Month 2016. In partnership with PBS, American Documentary, Latino Public Broadcasting and WORLD Channel.
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - Back to the Movement
30s
Power and powerlessness. Pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment, Miami's black community explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, a grassroots movement triumphs; frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago's first black mayor. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - The Keys to the Kingdom
30s
In the 1970s, anti-discrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the Civil Rights Movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. In Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, the first black mayor, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke Supreme Court case challenges it. From the award-winning doc series "Eyes on the Prize."
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