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Finding Samuel Lowe

Season 1 Episode 12

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.

Aired: 05/13/17
Major funding for Doc World provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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A Toronto carpenter builds shelters for the unhoused, igniting hope and a battle with the city.
In rural Pakistan, a mother and daughter build a school where deaf youth find voice and future.
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A Mumbai dancer and a 75-year-old teacher bond in a true story of passion, struggle, and triumph.
A gay Romani couple from rural Hungary chase an impossible dream: making a musical of their lives.
An intimate look at childhood in Japan through a year inside a Tokyo elementary school.
A 13-year-old in Kenya investigates his father’s murder and uncovers a deeper climate crisis.
A farmer journeys from Malawi to America to save her village from climate change.
A Toronto carpenter builds shelters for the unhoused, igniting hope and a battle with the city.
In rural Pakistan, a mother and daughter build a school where deaf youth find voice and future.
An Afghan pop star and two Afghan Star hopefuls see their lives upended after the Taliban’s return.
The Russia-Ukraine war from the perspective of Ukrainian women who have fled and stayed behind.
A group of people with disabilities treks across the Andes, battling for their human rights.