• 2016
Doc World
  • 2016

Doc World

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Andia Winslow Harry Jefwa Magdalene Amaya Lubeigt

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6.6

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 17, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 17, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 2016
The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor
Doc World looks at the experiences of Dr. Haing S. Ngor who was forced into the brutal labor camps by the Khmer Rouge. Later, he would escape torture and recreate his experiences in a film that won an Academy Award. This film looks at his life using archival footage and original animation.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 2016
Tocando La Luz
Doc World looks at the lives of three blind women who are trying to survive in the rapidly changing country of Cuba. Lis is a singer who struggles with the pressures of performance. Margarita struggles to adjust after the death of her husband. Mily wants to start a family, but has an overprotective mother.
Episode 3 • Oct 01, 2016
Five Days to Dance
Doc World follows choreographers Wilfried Van Poppel and Amaya Lubeigt as they go to a high school in Spain to work with students who have never danced before. The two dancers have five days to train the students to perform a complex choreographed work.
Episode 4 • Oct 08, 2016
Kismet
Doc World looks at the incredible popularity of Turkish soap operas. It examines the paradox behind the soaps: how the stories break social taboos that are meant to restrict women, yet they remain popular with devout conservative Christians and Muslims.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 2016
Among the Believers
Doc World looks at the ideological battle shaping education in modern Pakistan. It examines a growing activist movement that is working valiantly against the Taliban regime and charismatic clerics who are pushing their own strict versions of Islam.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 2016
Waiting for August
Doc World follows a Georgiana Halmac a young teenage who lives in a housing block on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. With her mother in Italy to earn money, Georgiana is forced to take care of her six younger brothers and sisters in a cramped and crowded apartment.
Episode 7 • Oct 29, 2016
My Atomic Aunt
Doc World goes to a fishing village in Japan that was ravaged by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. Director Kyoko Miyake visits her family's hometown after ten years abroad to see the disaster's profound personal, social and environmental impact.
Episode 8 • Nov 05, 2016
A Goat for a Vote
Doc World looks at three students at a Kenya school that are competing to the next school president. Magdalene is trying to unifying the girl behind to fight for equal rights. Harry is from a poor family and hope a win will improve the lot of his family. Said is a popular natural leader with a disarming smile.
Episode 9 • Nov 12, 2016
Tashi's Turbine
Doc World goes to the grasslands of the Himalayan Mountains where a small village attempts to harness the a renewable, sustainable energy from the wind. It follows two optimistic friends who want to build a stronger Nepal one turbine at a time.
Episode 10 • Nov 19, 2016
Prize of the Pole
Doc World follows the Robert E. Peary's Inuit great grandson Hivshu as he makes an expedition to his ancestral home in order to learn about his cultural legacy and learn about his past. He confronts an unsettling history as he travels from Greenland to America.
Episode 11 • Nov 26, 2016
Walking Under Water
Doc World looks at the nomadic Badjao people who live near Borneo. For centuries, they have lived on and from the sea. Expanding fishing and tourism, however, have been difficult for them. Alexan the last traditional diver tries to pass his knowledge to his 10-year-old nephew.
Episode 12 • May 13, 2017
Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China
Doc World follows a woman whose mother was half Chinese and half Jamaican. She tries to find out information on her Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. Her search reveals how Chinese families trace their roots thousands of hers and instills in her the desire to add herself and her relatives to the family list in China.
Episode 13 • May 20, 2017
One Child
Doc World looks at how the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake devastated families in China. Many children died in shoddily-constructed schools that collapsed during the earthquake. Under China's strict family planning policies, most of them were their family's only child.
Episode 14 • May 27, 2017
Out Run
Doc World follows Bemz Benedito the first transgender woman to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress. Her party calls itself the only LGBT political party in the world. Will they succeed in their quest to convince voters that gay and transgender belong in national politics?
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