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Doc World | Season 2 | Promo
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The series promo for Season 2 of international documentary series DOC WORLD.
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Video description: On May 12, 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, killing nearly 90,000 people - many of them are children. Under China’s strict family planning policy, every one is their family’s only child. ONE CHILD follows three families from the devastated city of Beichuan as they struggle to understand the disaster and find a way to live with their personal tragedy.
The series promo for Season 2 of international documentary series DOC WORLD.
Filmmaker Rick Tejada-Flores travels to Bolivia, trying to unravel his family’s history – his grandfather’s role in Latin America’s bloodiest war, the slaves his family owned in their privileged past lives, and a strange connection to an infamous Nazi war criminal. What else will he find hidden in his ancestors’ past?
Filmmaker Rick Tejada-Flores travels to Bolivia, trying to unravel his family’s history – his grandfather’s role in Latin America’s bloodiest war, the slaves his family owned in their privileged past lives, and a strange connection to an infamous Nazi war criminal. What else will he find hidden in his ancestors’ past?
OUT RUN director & producer S. Leo Chiang talks about the importance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - from religion to politics to sexual orientation, exploring the complexity of the Asian Pacific American community.
Bemz Benedito is the first transgender woman to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress. Her party, which calls itself the only LGBT political party in the world, is on a historic quest to convince voters that gay and transgender people belong in drag competitions - and politics. "Out Run" is the story of their campaign, and asks: In this Catholic and often conservative country, can they win?
OUT RUN director & producer Johnny Symons talks about the importance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - from the United States to around the globe, sharing Asian Pacific voices to citizens like himself.
Bemz Benedito is the first transgender woman to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress. Her party, which calls itself the only LGBT political party in the world, is on a historic quest to convince voters that gay and transgender people belong in drag competitions - and politics. OUT RUN is the story of their campaign, and asks: In this Catholic and often conservative country, can they win?
On May 12, 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, killing nearly 90,000 people - many of them are children. Under China’s strict family planning policy, every one is their family’s only child. ONE CHILD follows three families from the devastated city of Beichuan as they struggle to understand the disaster and find a way to live with their personal tragedy.
On May 12, 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, killing nearly 90,000 people - many of them are children. Under China’s strict family planning policy, every one is their family’s only child. ONE CHILD follows three families from the devastated city of Beichuan as they struggle to understand the disaster and find a way to live with their personal tragedy.
Paula Madison knew her mother was half Chinese, half Jamaican. Growing up in Harlem, she wondered about her Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. When did he immigrate to the islands? Where did he go when he left? In FINDING SAMUEL LOWE, Madison embarks on a trip of a lifetime, tracing her grandfather back to his ancestral village – and finds she has a whole new family to embrace.
FINDING SAMUEL LOWE director Jeanette Kong talks about the importance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - from the diversity within Asian cultures to their intersection with non-Asian cultures.
Paula Madison knew her mother was half Chinese, half Jamaican. Growing up in Harlem, she wondered about her Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. When did he immigrate to the islands? Where did he go when he left? In FINDING SAMUEL LOWE, Madison embarks on a trip of a lifetime, tracing her grandfather back to his ancestral village – and finds she has a whole new family to embrace.
For centuries, the Badjao people have lived on and from the sea but the expanding fishing and tourism industries now make it difficult for them to survive. Diver Alexan wants to teach his young nephew, Sari, everything he knows. For Sari, it is a struggle between his dream of being a fisherman and his attraction to the outside world.
For centuries, the Badjao people have lived on and from the sea but the expanding fishing and tourism industries now make it difficult for them to survive. Diver Alexan wants to teach his young nephew, Sari, everything he knows. For Sari, it is a struggle between his dream of being a fisherman and his attraction to the outside world.
In 1897, Robert E. Peary, the first American to “conquer" the North Pole, brought back six polar Inuit to create an exhibition at a New York museum. The only one who survived was a young boy. Peary’s Inuit great-grandson confronts this unsettling history when he makes an expedition to his ancestral home in order to discover his cultural legacy.
An uplifting tale of a small village’s attempt to harness renewable, sustainable energy. Friends Tashi and Jeevan journey to Namdok in the hopes of building a stronger Nepal, one wind turbine at a time. But the elements and landscape bring unforeseen difficulties -- increasing the struggle to realize the community’s vision of power created by wind.
An uplifting tale of a small village’s attempt to harness renewable, sustainable energy. Friends Tashi and Jeevan journey to Namdok in the hopes of building a stronger Nepal, one wind turbine at a time. But the elements and landscape bring unforeseen difficulties -- increasing the struggle to realize the community’s vision of power created by wind.
Follow three students in Kenya competing to become the next school president. Magdalene must prove herself in a male-dominated school, which has never elected a female president. Harry hopes to win so that he will be able to take care of his family in the future but struggles against the popular Said, a natural leader with a disarming smile.
Follow three students in Kenya competing to become the next school president. Magdalene must prove herself in a male-dominated school, which has never elected a female president. Harry hopes to win so that he will be able to take care of his family in the future but struggles against the popular Said, a natural leader with a disarming smile.