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Road Runners - In Montego Bay, Jamaica, three athletes from Spot Valley High School prepare to compete in the island’s greatest sporting event: Champs. ROAD RUNNERS follows the students over a year while highlighting the historic and contemporary issues of the island. See what it means to grow up in Jamaica, and learn why these young athletes are striving for success that could determine the rest of their lives.

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Road Runners

In Montego Bay, young athletes prepare to compete in the island’s greatest sporting event.

Border South

A vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who disappear along the trail to America.

Cocaine Prison

Follow the lives of three Bolivians working at the lowest levels of the cocaine trade.

Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage

A reporter's quest leads to shattering the silence about sexual abuse in her own life.

Siqueiros: Walls of Passion

The story of David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of the great Mexican artists of the 20th century.

Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America

Fleeing persecution, four LGBTQ+ refugees desperate to find a safe place to call home.

About Doc World

DOC WORLD brings international documentaries from around the globe to a US audience. The films explore social concerns, cultural touchstones, political hot topics and environmental issues, revealing the commonalities and differences that peoples and cultures experience. Told with authentic voices, the series offers a unique and contemporary window into stories that surprise, inform and delight.