The World Channel to Celebrate Women's History Month With Special Lineup of Female-Driven Films

The World Channel is celebrating Women's History Month this March by showcasing films that feature women in front of and behind the camera. The full Women's History Month on the World Channel lineup is below:

Doc World: The Departure (March 11, 10pm ET on WORLD Channel)

Award-winning director Lana Wilson's second film follows Ittetsua Nemoto, a Zen Buddhist monk whose life's work is to save people from committing suicide.

Doc World: Armed with Faith (March 18, 10pm ET on WORLD Channel)

Armed with Faith, co-directed by acclaimed director Geeta Gandbhir, follows men in a bomb disposal unit at the front lines of the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan.

Reel South: Alabama Bound (March 18, 9pm ET on WORLD Channel)

Three families in Alabama fight for equality while gay marriage cases crowd the courts.

Reel South: First Lady of the Revolution (March 25, 9pm ET on WORLD Channel)

A Southern BELLE'S journey from romance to revolution to First Lady of Costa Rica.

Reel South: DIVIDED City (April 1, 9pm ET on WORLD Channel)

A battle emerges in New Orleans as the city debates Confederate monuments.

Reel South: Jonah Stands Up (April 1, 9:30pm ET on WORLD Channel)

A young New Orleans rabble-rouser faces his mortality through comedy and advocacy.

Reel South: 62 Days (April 15, 9:30pm ET on WORLD Channel)

A brain-dead, pregnant woman in TX is forced to remain on life support against her wishes.

Reel South: See the Keepers (April 22, 9:00pm ET on WORLD Channel)

Get up close and personal with the animals, and the zookeepers, at the Memphis Zoo.

Reel South: Honky Tonk Heaven (April 29, 9:00pm ET on WORLD Channel)

Two-step through Texas' most famous honky tonk's celebrated past and uncertain future.

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