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Experience the personal stories behind the headlines. Devoted to telling stories that humanize complex issues, WORLD shares the best of public media in news, documentaries, and informational programming that helps us understand conflicts, movements and cultures. WORLD's focus is on its original content, offering a national platform to makers examining issues too often ignored by mainstream media.

The Conversation Remix: For Our Girls

10m 25s

FOR OUR GIRLS, a love letter from mothers to daughters, explores the stigmas Black girls face as they grow up within and outside their community. Through interviews, mothers share concerns with how they are shaping and impacting their daughters' independence. The film acknowledges the sacred, and at times, tense relationship that parent and child share as they face challenges and accept flaws.

Episodes

  • YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michelle Rhee: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Michelle Rhee

    3m 22s

    After being inspired by a PBS program, Michelle Rhee joined Teach for America and then founded The New Teacher Project. Appointed Chancellor of Washington D.C. Public Schools from 2007 to 2010, Rhee was met with criticism due to her aggressive style of public school reform. Currently, founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, an organization dedicated to urban school reform, has written the book, Radical.

  • YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: John Forte: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: John Forte

    4m 39s

    Artist John Forte started out as a classical violinist but after attending NYU for a short time, he became a producer on The Fugees' The Score. Forte was sentenced to 14 years on drug possession, which was later commuted. Upon his release, he attended The London School of Economics. An active voice in the debate for prison reform, Forte is currently working on an autobiographical documentary.

  • YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Susan Taylor: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Susan Taylor

    4m 8s

    Susan Taylor, born and raised in Harlem, began her career as a freelance fashion and beauty expert for Essence, the year the magazine was founded in 1970. She rose through the ranks to become editor-in-chief and then publications director. Named "the most influential black woman in journalism" by American Libraries in 1994, Taylor is the founder and CEO of The National CARES Mentoring Movement.

  • YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Maria Hinojosa: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Maria Hinojosa

    3m 47s

    Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning Maria Hinojosa is a journalist, who began as a radio host at Barnard College. Rising through the media ranks for her work reporting on immigration and Latino issues at CBS, CNN, and NPR, she's been named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics. The founder of The Futuro Media Group was also the first Latina to anchor a Frontline report (Lost in Detention).

Extras + Features

  • Shot in Mexico | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Elevate, Incubate & Demonstrate: Asian American Artists: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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).

  • WORLD Channel: Fall 2017 Sizzle: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Our Voices: Asian-Pacific Americans: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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!

  • Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class | Promo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • #MyAPALife with MELE MURAL's Keoni Lee: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    #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.

  • Come Together: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Chasing the Dream: A PBS NewsHour Weekend Special | Promo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • Remembering Charleston | Promo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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.

  • WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - Back to the Movement: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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."

  • WORLD Channel: Eyes on the Prize - The Keys to the Kingdom: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    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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