Commonality Across Borders and a New Season of AfroPoP: June on WORLD

New Doc World films continue in June, featuring stories demonstrating the parallels that exist between communities even thousands of miles apart. Also premiering this month, AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange returns with its 17th season, including new documentaries along with narrative features and shorts capturing Black communities making their mark on the world through art, innovation, and activism. And celebrate Pride Month on WORLD with streaming films and a new episode of Stories from the Stage.

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Linnentown

The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA, come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal project, and now they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and seek redress.

PRIDE Stories

As state governments pursue unjust law-making affecting the LGBTQIA+ community, social justice reform continues to be the subject of countless conversations throughout the nation. The LGBTQIA+ community continues to fight for visibility, making community solidarity and allyship more meaningful than ever. June marks the celebration of PRIDE, a time to honor LGBTQIA+ trailblazers that represent owning your truth. During PRIDE Month, WORLD Channel shares stories of community leaders, friends, families and creators who take pride in themselves.

Doc World

The Ants & the Grasshopper

Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can transform barren soil, challenge gender norms, and inspire her village to fight hunger and climate change. But as worsening weather threatens her home in Malawi, she sets out on a journey across the United States to meet with farmers, activists, and lawmakers, exchanging ideas amid a shifting landscape.

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