Coming to Independent Lens: The Revolutionary Optimists
Independent Lens
Coming to Independent Lens: The Revolutionary Optimists
Independent Lens
Air Date: 06/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sewn hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health, transforming their communities for the better.
Sansón and Me
S25 Ep1 | 1h 25m 42s
Air Date: 09/19/23 | Expires: 09/18/24 | Rating: TV-14
Filmmaker captures immigrant's life in prison through family reenactments.
El Equipo
S25 Ep2 | 1h 25m 42s
Air Date: 10/09/23 | Expires: 10/08/26 | Rating: TV-14
A collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.
Three Chaplains
S25 Ep3 | 55m 43s
Air Date: 11/06/23 | Expires: 11/05/26 | Rating: TV-14
Muslim chaplains advocate for equality in the military.
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 1
S25 Ep4 | 54m 41s
Air Date: 11/13/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14
A Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when a local mosque erupts in flames.
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2
S25 Ep5 | 54m 12s
Air Date: 11/13/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14
The town of Victoria’s support for the Muslim community wanes as rebuilding efforts stall.
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3
S25 Ep6 | 54m 42s
Air Date: 11/14/23 | Expires: 11/13/26 | Rating: TV-14
As the trial concludes, the people of Victoria, Texas, grapple with shocking revelations.
Beyond Utopia
S25 Ep7 | 1h 51m 55s
Air Date: 01/09/24 | Expires: 01/08/27 | Rating: TV-MA
The gripping story of families who risk everything escaping North Korea.
Racist Trees
S25 Ep8 | 1h 23m 49s
Air Date: 01/22/24 | Expires: 01/21/27 | Rating: TV-PG
In Palm Springs, a Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.
Razing Liberty Square
S25 Ep9 | 1h 23m 30s
Air Date: 01/29/24 | Expires: 01/28/27 | Rating: TV-14
A public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for climate gentrification.
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
S25 Ep10 | 55m 23s
Air Date: 02/05/24 | Expires: 02/04/27 | Rating: TV-14
A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
Breaking The News
S25 Ep11 | 1h 24m 13s
Air Date: 02/19/24 | Expires: 02/18/27 | Rating: TV-14
Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
Greener Pastures
S25 Ep12 | 1h 24m 54s
Air Date: 03/25/24 | Expires: 03/24/27 | Rating: TV-14
Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
A Thousand Pines
S25 Ep13 | 55m 37s
Air Date: 04/01/24 | Expires: 03/31/27 | Rating: TV-14
A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
S25 Ep14 | 54m 41s
Air Date: 04/08/24 | Expires: 04/07/27 | Rating: TV-14
Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.
One With the Whale
S25 Ep15 | 1h 18m 4s
Air Date: 04/22/24 | Expires: 04/21/26 | Rating: TV-14
For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.
Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25 Ep16 | 1h 24m 52s
Air Date: 05/06/24 | Expires: 05/05/27 | Rating: TV-14
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
S25 Ep18 | 25m 43s
Air Date: 01/10/24 | Expires: 01/09/27
With rural hospitals closing, meet the people trying to get help in healthcare deserts.
Hazing
S24 Ep1 | 1h 43m 28s
Air Date: 09/12/22 | Expires: 09/11/25
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly.
TikTok, Boom.
S24 Ep2 | 1h 24m 57s
Air Date: 10/24/22 | Expires: 10/23/25
Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.
Move Me
S24 Ep3 | 1h 22m 17s
Air Date: 11/07/22 | Expires: 11/06/25
A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.
Children of Las Brisas
S24 Ep4 | 1h 22m 50s
Air Date: 01/02/23 | Expires: 01/01/26 | Rating: TV-14
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
The Big Payback
S24 Ep5 | 1h 25m 13s
Air Date: 01/16/23 | Expires: 01/15/26 | Rating: TV-14
The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
No Straight Lines
S24 Ep6 | 1h 25m 44s
Air Date: 01/23/23 | Expires: 01/22/26 | Rating: TV-MA
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.
The Picture Taker
S24 Ep7 | 1h 25m 44s
Air Date: 01/30/23 | Expires: 01/29/26 | Rating: TV-14
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant.
Outta the Muck
S24 Ep8 | 1h 25m 44s
Air Date: 02/06/23 | Expires: 02/05/26 | Rating: TV-14
The people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history and football.
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
S24 Ep9 | 1h 25m 48s
Air Date: 02/13/23 | Expires: 02/12/26 | Rating: TV-MA
A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.
Storming Caesars Palace
S24 Ep10 | 1h 24m 45s
Air Date: 03/20/23 | Expires: 03/19/26 | Rating: TV-PG
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income.
Hidden Letters
S24 Ep11 | 1h 25m 27s
Air Date: 03/27/23 | Expires: 03/26/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.
Matter of Mind: My ALS
S24 Ep13 | 54m 42s
Air Date: 05/01/23 | Expires: 04/30/26 | Rating: TV-14
Three people with ALS confront complex choices in this intimate exploration.
Sam Now
S24 Ep14 | 1h 24m 59s
Air Date: 05/08/23 | Expires: 05/07/26 | Rating: TV-14
What happens when a filmmaker helps his half brother search for his missing mother?
Silent Beauty
S24 Ep15 | 1h 25m 49s
Air Date: 05/15/23 | Expires: 05/14/26 | Rating: TV-14
A woman’s journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse and confront generational trauma.
Mama Bears
S24 Ep16 | 1h 25m 23s
Air Date: 06/20/23 | Expires: 06/19/26 | Rating: TV-14
Conservative beliefs have defined them. Now they’re championing their LGBTQ+ children.
Storm Lake
S23 Ep3 | 1h 25m 48s
Air Date: 11/15/21 | Expires: 11/14/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
S23 Ep8 | 1h 23m 29s
Air Date: 02/07/22 | Expires: 02/06/25 | Rating: TV-PG
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
Belly of the Beast
S22 Ep4 | 1h 20m 8s
Air Date: 11/23/20 | Expires: 11/22/24 | Rating: TV-14
Two women investigate a shocking pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons.
Part 1 | Philly D.A. | Episode 1
S22 Ep13 | 58m 59s
Air Date: 04/20/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
The new Philadelphia District Attorney uncovers a secret that shakes the police department
Part 2 | Philly D.A. | Episode 2
S22 Ep14 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 04/20/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
Krasner and his team battle to obtain the complete police misconduct files.
Part 3 | Philly D.A. | Episode 3
S22 Ep15 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 04/27/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
The murder of a police sergeant tests the D.A.’s resolve to never seek the death penalty.
Part 4 | Philly D.A. | Episode 4
S22 Ep16 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 05/04/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
LaTonya Myers fights for probation reform, but any slip-up could send her back to prison.
Part 5 | Philly D.A | Episode 5
S22 Ep17 | 55m 50s
Air Date: 05/11/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
A skeptical parole board and his own pride stand between a man and freedom.
Part 6 | Philly D.A. | Episode 6
S22 Ep18 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 05/18/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
A councilmember bridges constituents plagued by the opioid crisis with the unorthodox D.A.
Part 7 | Philly D.A. | Episode 7
S22 Ep19 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 05/25/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
Krasner must decide whether to pursue a rarity—murder charges against a cop.
Part 8 | Philly D.A. | Episode 8
S22 Ep20 | 55m 45s
Air Date: 06/01/21 | Expires: 05/31/24
Frustrated Krasner supporters warn he must accelerate plans to phase out cash bail.
The Donut King
S22 Ep22 | 1h 25m 51s
Air Date: 05/24/21 | Expires: 05/23/24 | Rating: TV-14
Meet the Donut King, Ted Ngoy, the Cambodian refugee who built a donut empire.
Dolores
S19 Ep12 | 1h 35m 39s
Air Date: 03/27/18 | Expires: 03/23/27
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who led the fight for racial and labor justice.
County Clerk Changes History
5m 2s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
Ahead of Her Time: Government Official Approved Same-Sex Marriage Licenses -- in 1975
TOWER – Guns on Campus – Short Film
5m 24s
Air Date: 02/14/17 | Rating: NR
University of Texas students can now legally carry loaded handguns on campus.
Never Conquered
10m 7s
Air Date: 07/28/17
Get to know Eastern Shoshone tribal elder Philbert McLeod, star of What Was Ours.
Jose and Mr. Ramos
9m 57s
Air Date: 08/07/17 | Rating: TV-G
Both sons of migrant farm workers, Salinas, CA teacher Oscar Ramos mentors Jose Ansaldo.
Sophie and Ben
12m 14s
Air Date: 07/31/17
Sophie Sartain's film about her son, who was diagnosed with Asperger's, a form of autism.
Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer
8m 19s
Air Date: 09/07/17 | Rating: TV-Y
An optimistic Salinas 14-year-old dreams of college amidst deportation worries.
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 1
7m 51s
Air Date: 11/15/19 | Expires: 11/14/24
Family Pressure vs. Family Support
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 2
8m 12s
Air Date: 11/16/19 | Expires: 11/14/24
Being Fruitful vs. Being Green
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 3
8m 45s
Air Date: 11/17/19 | Expires: 11/14/24
Kids vs. No Kids: Gay Men and Parenthood
Should We Kid or Not? Episode 4
8m 46s
Air Date: 11/18/19 | Expires: 11/14/24
Too Old vs. Too Young To Be a Mom
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 1
5m 30s
Air Date: 11/19/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
How This Navajo Chef Brings His Native Food Traditions Back
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 2
5m 48s
Air Date: 11/20/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
What Native Elders Think About Indigenous Cooking
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 3
6m 6s
Air Date: 11/21/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
Why This Young Hawaiian Chef Still Cooks Underground
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 4
5m 45s
Air Date: 11/22/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
Are There Too Many Cooks In This Hawaiian Kitchen?
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 5
5m 9s
Air Date: 11/23/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
What Is “Pre-Colonial” Cooking?
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 6
8m 8s
Air Date: 11/24/19 | Expires: 11/18/24
What a Six Course, Gourmet Native American Meal Looks Like
American Nomads, Episode 1
5m 24s
Air Date: 01/03/20 | Expires: 01/13/25
How Bob Wells Lives His Best Life in a Van
American Nomads, Episode 2
6m 30s
Air Date: 01/04/20 | Expires: 01/13/25
Is Van Life Harder for Solo Black Women?
American Nomads, Episode 3
6m 21s
Air Date: 01/05/20 | Expires: 01/13/25
Gay Couple Try To Find Love And Acceptance On The Road
American Nomads, Episode 4
5m 45s
Air Date: 01/06/20 | Expires: 01/13/25
Finding Communi-Tea: Will This Couple Park the Bus?
American Nomads, Episode 5
6m
Air Date: 01/07/20 | Expires: 01/13/25
Young Veteran Couple Attend College While Stealth Camping
Blind Love , Episode 4
8m 51s
Air Date: 02/17/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Can Solomon get over his bias about dating someone who is also blind?
Blind Love , Episode 6
8m 43s
Air Date: 02/19/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Mario feels a connection with a girl from church and Joni tests James' resolve.
Blind Love, Episode 1
8m 58s
Air Date: 02/14/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Single blind millennials in the dating game hoping to be recognized for who they are.
Blind Love, Episode 2
9m 41s
Air Date: 02/15/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Getting past that first date can be hard for people who are blind and have low vision.
Blind Love, Episode 3
9m 4s
Air Date: 02/16/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
A sheltered, blind New Yorker gets a nudge from friends to enter the dating world at last.
Blind Love, Episode 5
8m 28s
Air Date: 02/18/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Mario's congregation plays matchmaker and Simon gets a style makeover before speed dating.
Blind Love, Episode 7
10m 32s
Air Date: 02/20/20 | Expires: 02/13/25
Final check in with “Blind Love” peeps to find out how the dating world is treating them.
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1
10m 37s
Air Date: 09/21/20 | Expires: 09/20/25
Don and Ron head from Kingston to rural Jamaica, for cooler temps and good fishing.
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 3
11m 57s
Air Date: 09/21/20 | Expires: 09/20/25
How hard is it to run a taxi service in Kingston, Jamaica? The Brodie brothers find out.
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 4
12m 44s
Air Date: 09/21/20 | Expires: 09/20/25
The Brodies retrace routes and reconnect with family gone but not forgotten in Jamaica.
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2
11m 56s
Air Date: 09/21/20 | Expires: 09/20/25
The Brodies take a tour of reminiscence with an old acquaintance in Jamaica.
Senior Prom
14m 2s
Air Date: 06/01/21 | Expires: 05/31/26
For residents of an LGBTQ+ retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning.
When I’m Her
14m 30s
Air Date: 06/21/21 | Expires: 06/20/26
A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor.
The Great World of Gregory Blackstock
10m 38s
Air Date: 04/30/21 | Expires: 07/11/26
The richly obsessive life and work of a renowned autistic artist comes to life.
Folk Frontera
14m 8s
Air Date: 05/25/22 | Expires: 05/24/27
Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Our League
36m 38s
Air Date: 06/15/22 | Expires: 06/14/27
A transgender woman comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league.
Brother
14m 21s
Air Date: 07/06/22 | Expires: 07/05/27
A filmmaker's brother opens up about his recovery from opioid use disorder.
The Command Center to Bring Women Home
20m 58s
Air Date: 10/01/22 | Expires: 11/09/27
An imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for comfort and healing.
Underground
9m 46s
Air Date: 03/02/23 | Expires: 03/01/28
Survivors of subway harassment share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma.
Maletero
15m 32s
Air Date: 03/23/23 | Expires: 03/22/28
Porters deliver precious cargo across the U.S.-Mexico border to keep families connected.
Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go
11m 54s
Air Date: 04/20/23 | Expires: 04/19/28
A filmmaker seeks a cure for her climate anxiety with eco-therapy.
Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1
16m 8s
Air Date: 06/22/23 | Expires: 06/21/28
What do truckers and tandooris have in common? Actor Rupak Ginn finds out.
Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2
16m 31s
Air Date: 07/06/23 | Expires: 06/21/28
Pani puri, pakoras, and… pageants? Indian food in Southern Virginia.
Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3
20m 51s
Air Date: 07/20/23 | Expires: 06/21/28
Rupak honors his mom's Maharashtrian heritage in New Jersey and with mom in New York.
LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4
16m 31s
Air Date: 08/03/23 | Expires: 06/21/28
Rupak Ginna goes home to LA for Desi street delicacies and grocery store comfort food.
Breaking Silence
17m 59s
Air Date: 11/16/23 | Expires: 11/15/28
The bonds between a deaf father and his hearing, formerly incarcerated daughter deepen.
First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology
12m 36s
Air Date: 03/05/24 | Expires: 03/04/29
What's the first 24 hours after you're arrested like?
D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology
12m 44s
Air Date: 03/12/24 | Expires: 03/11/29
A young woman feels pressure to plead guilty while kept waiting in jail for 60 days.
After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology
18m 5s
Air Date: 03/19/24 | Expires: 03/18/29
A support group for men who served time inside Louisiana's Angola State Pen.
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Trailer | Sansón and Me
S25 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 09/19/23
Filmmaker captures immigrant's life in prison through family reenactments.
Trailer | El Equipo
S25 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 10/09/23
A collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.
Trailer | Three Chaplains
S25 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/06/23
Muslim chaplains advocate for equality in the military.
Trailer | A Town Called Victoria
S25 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/13/23
In the Texan town of Victoria, a mosque falls victim to an act of arson.
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S25 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 10/14/23
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Trailer | Beyond Utopia
S25 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 08/30/23
The gripping story of families attempting to escape North Korea.
Trailer | Racist Trees
S25 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 01/22/24
Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood?
Trailer | Razing Liberty Square
S25 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 01/29/24
Miami's Liberty City public housing projects become ground zero for climate gentrification
Trailer | Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
S25 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/05/24
A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
Trailer | Breaking The News
S25 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 02/19/24
Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch news startup The 19th* to combat misinformation.
How Did This Women-Owned Newspaper Revolutionize Journalism?
S25 Ep11 | 7m 8s
Air Date: 02/21/24
How a women-led newsroom blazed a trail for women's rights.
Has Journalism Always Been This Stressful?
S25 Ep11 | 8m 52s
Air Date: 02/26/24
A mental health crisis has taken shape in our newsrooms.
How Did Opinions Get In Our News?
S25 Ep11 | 7m 44s
Air Date: 03/04/24
It's not always easy to spot the difference between facts and opinion.
Trailer | Greener Pastures
S25 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 03/25/24
Farmers persevere through climate change, industrialization, and mental health crises.
Trailer | A Thousand Pines
S25 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/01/24
Meet the Mexican guest workers who leave their families to plant trees across America.
Trailer | Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
S25 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 04/08/24
Facing Parkinson's disease, three Americans navigate their lives with determination.
Trailer | One With the Whale
S25 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/22/24
An Alaska Native family faces backlash from environmentalists due to whale hunting.
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S25 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 05/06/24
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Extended Trailer | Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25 Ep16 | 1m
Air Date: 04/24/24
The grueling journey to Mars.
What an Antarctic Disaster Can Teach Us About Getting to Mars
S25 Ep16 | 15m 9s
Air Date: 05/06/24
How do you keep humans sane and relatively content in isolation?
Can Humans Get to Mars Without Going Insane?
S25 Ep16 | 12m 32s
Air Date: 05/15/24
How can future astronauts best prepare themselves to face these challenges?
Trailer | The Tuba Thieves
S25 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 05/20/24
The role and meaning of sound is explored in an unconventional documentary experience.
Herzog Interviews Bahrani | If Dreams Were Lightning
S25 Ep18 | 21m 12s
Air Date: 01/11/24
Werner Herzog interviews Ramin Bahrani about his documentary If Dreams Were Lightning.
If Dreams Were Lightning | One Veteran’s Story | Clip
S25 Ep18 | 2m 37s
Air Date: 01/12/24
A veteran shares their challenges with obtaining healthcare.
Trailer | Hit the Road with Independent Lens!
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Air Date: 07/15/20
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Air Date: 09/12/22
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Trailer | This Winter on Independent Lens
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Air Date: 12/14/22
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Trailer | This Spring on Independent Lens
1m
Air Date: 04/01/23
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Trailer | Hazing
S24 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 06/01/22
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly.
Hazing | Ryan Abele
S24 Ep1 | 7m 18s
Air Date: 09/12/22
How recklessness led to a college student's death.
Trailer | Tiktok, Boom.
S24 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 06/01/22
Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.
Trailer | Move Me
S24 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/07/20
A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.
Trailer | Children of Las Brisas
S24 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 01/09/23
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
Trailer | The Big Payback
S24 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 01/30/23
The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
Trailer | No Straight Lines
S24 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/23/23
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.
Trailer | The Picture Taker
S24 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 02/06/23
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant.
Trailer | Outta the Muck
S24 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/20/23
The people of Pahokee rise “outta the muck” to celebrate family history and football.
Trailer | Love in the Time of Fentanyl
S24 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/13/23
A supervised drug injection site gives hope to a community ravaged by fentanyl deaths.
Trailer | Storming Caesars Palace
S24 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 03/20/23
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income.
Trailer | Hidden Letters
S24 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 03/27/23
Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.
Trailer | Free Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 04/24/23
Rollercoaster story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
Teaser | Free Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 1m
Air Date: 04/24/23
The unbelievable life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of mu
Inside Look | Free Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 1m 30s
Air Date: 04/20/23
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Dinner And a Doc | Free Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 1m 50s
Air Date: 04/22/23
Free Chol Soo Lee co-directors share lunch with activists in L.A.'s Koreatown.
The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 4m 49s
Air Date: 04/24/23 | Expires: 04/23/28
Did a song help free an incarcerated man?
A Short History of Korean American Immigration
S24 Ep12 | 4m 53s
Air Date: 04/24/23 | Expires: 05/07/28
What was that Korean-American journey like?
The Misrepresentation of Chol Soo Lee
S24 Ep12 | 5m 34s
Air Date: 05/01/23 | Expires: 04/30/28
Was this flick a prime example of Hollywood’s White Savior Complex?
Trailer | Matter of Mind: My ALS
S24 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 05/01/23
Three people with ALS confront complex choices in this intimate exploration.
Trailer | Sam Now
S24 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 05/08/23
What happens when a filmmaker helps his half brother search for his missing mother?
Trailer | Silent Beauty
S24 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/03/23
A woman’s journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse and confront generational trauma.
Trailer | Mama Bears
S24 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 06/19/23
Conservative beliefs have defined them. Now they’re championing their LGBTQ+ children.
Trailer | Independent Lens Winter 2022 Season
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Trailer | Cured
S23 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/11/21
When homosexuality was considered an illness to be “cured," LGBTQ activists fought back.
Trailer | Ferguson Rises
S23 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 11/08/21
Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice after a white police officer kills his son in Ferguson.
Trailer | Storm Lake
S23 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/15/21
Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
Trailer | Duty Free
S23 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/22/21 | Rating: TV-MA
After losing her lifelong job, a mom teams up with her son to fulfill her bucket list.
Trailer | Home From School: The Children of Carlisle
S23 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 11/23/21
Native Americans recover the remains of children who died at an Indian boarding school.
Trailer | A Reckoning in Boston
S23 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 12/07/21
A filmmaker teams with Clemente Course students to reckon with Boston's racial history.
Trailer |Missing in Brooks County
S23 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 12/08/21
An activist detective searches for missing migrants in rural South Texas.
Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
S23 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/07/22
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
Trailer | Bulletproof
S23 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/14/22
A provocative look at what it means to feel safe in an American classroom.
Trailer | Apart
S23 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/21/22
Three formerly incarcerated mothers fight to rebuild their lives outside of prison.
Trailer | Writing with Fire
S23 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 03/28/22
Meet the fearless women journalists of India's only all-female newspaper.
Trailer | AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
S23 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 04/25/22
Researchers take a mind-blowing journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness.
Trailer | Try Harder!
S23 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 05/02/22
At San Francisco’s Lowell High School, stressed-out seniors chase college dreams.
Trailer | When Claude Got Shot
S23 Ep14 | 29s
Air Date: 05/09/22
After being shot in the face, a law student is torn by the effects of gun violence.
Trailer | Scenes From the Glittering World
S23 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 05/16/22
Indigenous teens going to a remote school on Navajo Nation reservation plan their futures.
Trailer | Feels Good Man
S22 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/19/20
Pepe the Frog’s surreal journey from mellow cartoon character to registered hate symbol.
Trailer | Represent
S22 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 10/26/20
Leading up to 2018 elections, three Midwestern women tackle politics on their own terms.
Trailer | Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip
S22 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/16/20
The “Property Brother” journeys across the U.S. to explore the battle over solar energy.
Trailer | Belly of the Beast
S22 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/23/20
Two women investigate a shocking pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons.
Trailer | A Woman’s Work
S22 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 01/04/21
Meet the NFL's most exploited athletes — the cheerleaders.
Trailer | A Day in the Life of America
S22 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/11/21
July 4th, 2017: 92 film crews, 24 hours, a snapshot of a nation on the verge of upheaval.
Trailer | 9to5: The Story of a Movement
S22 Ep7 | 32s
Air Date: 02/01/21
They couldn’t kill their bosses, so they did the next best thing — they organized.
Trailer | Women in Blue
S22 Ep8 | 32s
Air Date: 02/08/21
Female officers in the Minneapolis Police Department fight for gender equity and police re
Trailer | Mr. SOUL!
S22 Ep9 | 32s
Air Date: 02/22/21
Mr. SOUL! explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public TV.
Trailer | Coded Bias
S22 Ep10 | 32s
Air Date: 03/22/21
Exposing prejudices and threats to civil liberty in facial recognition algorithms and A.I.
Trailer | Down a Dark Stairwell
S22 Ep12 | 32s
Air Date: 04/12/21
Sometimes the quest for racial justice isn’t black and white.
Official Trailer | Philly D.A.
S22 Ep13 | 2m 35s
Air Date: 04/20/21
He sued police over 75 times. Now he’s the D.A. Can his team make change from the inside?
Official Teaser | Philly D.A.
S22 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 03/30/21
The Original Series Philly D.A. begins April 20 on PBS and the PBS Video app.
Official Trailer #2 | Philly D.A.
S22 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/06/21
He sued police over 75 times. Now he’s the D.A. Can his team make change from the inside?
Philly D.A. Premieres Tuesday, April 20 at 9/8c
S22 Ep14 | 32s
Air Date: 04/20/21
On PBS and the PBS Video app
Trailer 5 | Philly D.A | Episode 5
S22 Ep17 | 32s
Air Date: 05/11/21
Tuesday, May 11 at 9/8c on PBS and the PBS Video app
Trailer 6 | Philly D.A. | Episode 6
S22 Ep18 | 32s
Air Date: 05/18/21
Tuesday, May 18 at 9/8c on PBS and the PBS Video app.
Trailer 7 | Philly D.A. | Episode 7
S22 Ep19 | 32s
Air Date: 05/25/21
Tuesday, May 25 at 9/8c on PBS and the PBS Video app.
Trailer 8 | Philly D.A. | Episode 8
S22 Ep20 | 32s
Air Date: 06/01/21
Tuesday, June 1 at 9/8c on PBS and the PBS Video app.
Trailer | The Donut King
S22 Ep22 | 32s
Air Date: 05/24/21
Meet the Donut King, the Cambodian refugee who built a multi-million-dollar empire baking
Trailer | Two Gods
S22 Ep23 | 32s
Air Date: 06/21/21 | Rating: TV-14
A Muslim mortician uses the rituals of death to teach two troubled teenagers how to live b
Trailer | The People vs. Agent Orange
S22 Ep24 | 32s
Air Date: 06/28/21
Two activists fight to hold the chemical industry accountable.
Independent Lens 2020 – 2021 Season Promo
S22 Ep26 | 1m
Air Date: 10/28/20
Award-winning films from Independent Lens. Coming to PBS, America’s home for documentaries
Independent Lens 2019-2020 Season Promo
32s
Air Date: 10/28/19
Award-winning films from Independent Lens. Coming to PBS, America’s home for documentaries
Independent Lens on PBS Passport
30s
Air Date: 09/13/19
Now streaming on PBS Passport: an assortment of award-winning films from Independent Lens.
Trailer | Made in Boise
S21 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/28/19 | Rating: TV-14
Made in Boise offers a rare glimpse at surrogates carrying children for intended parents.
Nicole, a Host of Possibilities | Made in Boise
S21 Ep1 | 54s
Air Date: 10/28/19 | Rating: TV-14
Meet Nicole, a 4-time surrogate herself, and CEO of the largest surrogacy agency in Boise.
Surrogacy Support Group | Made in Boise
S21 Ep1 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 10/28/19 | Rating: TV-14
Boise surrogates find strength in numbers in a support group.
Trailer | Decade of Fire
S21 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 11/04/19 | Rating: TV-PG
Decade of Fire covers the shocking story of when the South Bronx was on fire in the '70s.
Banana Kelly Community Improvement | Decade of Fire
S21 Ep2 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 11/04/19
A community group in the Bronx in the '70s helps rebuild a neighborhood ravaged by fires.
Trailer | The Interpreters
S21 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/11/19
Afghan and Iraqi interpreters risked their lives aiding US troops. Were they left behind?
“You Will Call Me Phillip Morris” | The Interpreters
S21 Ep3 | 2m 38s
Air Date: 11/11/19
How did a gruff American sergeant and an affable Iraqi interpreter become friends?
Trailer | Conscience Point
S21 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/18/19
A Native American woman fights to protect her tribe from development in the Hamptons.
No Mosquitos, No Fish | Conscience Point
S21 Ep4 | 1m 25s
Air Date: 11/18/19
Development radically harmed fishing in Long Island's Shinnecock Bay--except in one place.
ATTLA | Trailer
S21 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 12/16/19 | Rating: TV-PG
The gripping story of legendary Alaska Native dogsled racer George Attla.
“Rich Man’s Sport” | ATTLA
S21 Ep5 | 2m 54s
Air Date: 12/16/19
Legendary Alaska Native dogsled racer George Attla and his grandnephew reflect on Attla's
Trailer | Accept the Call
S21 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/20/20
An anguished Minnesota father tries to find out what led his son to attempt to join ISIS.
When the FBI Detained My Son | Accept the Call
S21 Ep6 | 1m 7s
Air Date: 01/20/20
A Somali-born father in Minnesota receives a shocking call from the FBI about his son.
Trailer | The First Rainbow Coalition
S21 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 01/27/20
Across lines of race and ethnicity, alliances formed among Chicago activists in the '60s.
Unlikely Allies | First Rainbow Coalition
S21 Ep7 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 01/27/20
When Black, Latinx and Southern white activists came together to form unlikely coalition.
Trailer | Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
S21 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/03/20
Were the 739 deaths from Chicago's 1995 heatwave a one-time tragedy or appalling trend?
“Almost Perfect Overlaps” | Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
S21 Ep8 | 1m 29s
Air Date: 02/03/20
A heat death map lays out a painful reality about the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave.
Trailer | Leftover Women
S21 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/10/20
Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood.
“You’re Fooling Yourself” | Leftover Women
S21 Ep9 | 2m 18s
Air Date: 02/10/20
A Chinese woman meets a matchmaker who has blunt advice about her marriage prospects.
Trailer | We Believe In Dinosaurs
S21 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/17/20
The Bible and science collide amid the battleground of a Kentucky creationism museum.
“A Real Ark for a Real Flood” | We Believe in Dinosaurs
S21 Ep10 | 1m 22s
Air Date: 02/17/20
A massive Noah's Ark exhibit aims to show how the Biblical flood really happened.
Trailer | Always in Season
S21 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 02/24/20
Always in Season is a haunting exploration of lynching and racial violence in America.
“He Had too Much to Live For” | Always in Season
S21 Ep11 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 02/24/20
Lennon Lacy's mother recalls the last time she saw her son, seeking closure on his death.
“Like a Lynching” | Always in Season
S21 Ep11 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 02/24/20
Lennon Lacy's brother voices disbelief at police report declaring his death a suicide.
One Child Nation – Trailer
S21 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 03/30/20
Filmmaker Nanfu Wang explores the devastating impacts of China’s one-child policy.
The Baby Recruiting Network | One Child Nation
S21 Ep12 | 2m 35s
Air Date: 03/30/20
How a network in China worked to find babies for orphanages during the "one-child" era.
Trailer | Bedlam
S21 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/13/20
The stories of people with mental illness are explored with immediacy and urgency.
Jails for Mental Illness | Bedlam
S21 Ep13 | 1m 44s
Air Date: 04/13/20
America's three largest jails are also its three largest psychiatric treatment facilities.
Trailer | The Hottest August
S21 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 04/20/20
Ordinary New Yorkers share their anxieties about the future while bracing for record heat.
Survive for the Next Day | The Hottest August
S21 Ep14 | 1m 56s
Air Date: 04/20/20
In The Hottest August, two New Yorkers address their future and the planet's with concern.
Trailer | Jim Allison: Breakthrough
S21 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/27/20
The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.
The Wondrous T-Cell | Jim Allison: Breakthrough
S21 Ep15 | 1m 44s
Air Date: 04/27/20
When young med student Jim Allison met his wife, he also met a new medical discovery.
Trailer | Rewind
S21 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 05/11/20 | Rating: TV-MA
Rewind paints a vivid but hopeful portrait of a family plagued by a cycle of abuse.
“I Was Just a Little Kid” | Rewind
S21 Ep16 | 1m 50s
Air Date: 05/11/20 | Rating: TV-MA
The terrible moment when everything changed in Sasha Neulinger's childhood.
Trailer | Eating Up Easter
S21 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 05/11/20
The challenge to protect remote Rapa Nui culture and environment from modernization.
Floating International Trash | Eating Up Easter
S21 Ep17 | 2m 4s
Air Date: 05/11/20
How does an island 2,500 miles from the mainland get rid of tourist trash? It's a problem.
Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
S21 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 06/15/20
Reclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth.
TV’s Power to Influence | Recorder
S21 Ep18 | 1m 49s
Air Date: 06/15/20
Activist and archivist Marion Stokes first realized power of mass media to influence minds
Trailer | Pipe Dreams
S21 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 06/22/20
Talented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.
Bring Out Your Inner Craziness | Pipe Dreams
S21 Ep19 | 1m 52s
Air Date: 06/22/20
Four young organists prepare minds, bodies and fingers for the "Olympics for organ music."
Independent Lens 2018-19 Season – Promo
1m
Air Date: 10/19/18
A new season of PBS’s Independent Lens premieres on Monday, October 29, 2018.
Wildland – Trailer
S20 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/29/18
Wildland is a sweeping yet deeply personal account of a wildland firefighting crew.
Getting the Fire Call | Wildland
S20 Ep1 | 2m 1s
Air Date: 10/29/18
Wildland premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, October 29, 2018.
Dawnland – Trailer
S20 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 11/05/18
Dawnland offers a painful reminder of the traumatic legacy of forced child removal.
The Cleaners – Trailer
S20 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/12/18
The Cleaners premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 12, 2018.
The Judge – Trailer
S20 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/19/18
The Judge premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 19, 2018.
Man on Fire – Trailer
S20 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 12/17/18
Man on Fire premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 17, 2018.
My Country No More – Trailer
S20 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/07/19
My Country No More premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 7, 2019.
Rodents of Unusual Size – Trailer
S20 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 01/14/19
Rodents of Unusual Size premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 14, 2019.
Kermit Ruffins Cooks Nutria | Rodents of Unusual Size
S20 Ep7 | 2m 19s
Air Date: 01/14/19
Rodents of Unusual Size premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 14, 2019.
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World PBS Promo
S20 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 01/21/19
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World premieres on Independent Lens January 21, 2019.
Charley Patton, Grandfather of Delta Blues | RUMBLE
S20 Ep8 | 2m 28s
Air Date: 01/21/19
RUMBLE premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 21, 2019.
Taboo’s Native Roots | RUMBLE
S20 Ep8 | 59s
Air Date: 01/21/19
RUMBLE premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 21.
Trailer | The King | Independent Lens | PBS
S20 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 01/28/19
The King premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 28, 2019.
Elvis, Tupelo, and the American Dream | The King
S20 Ep9 | 2m 8s
Air Date: 01/28/19
The King premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 28, 2019.
Trailer | Black Memorabilia
S20 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/04/19
Black Memorabilia premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 4, 2019.
Trailer | Hale County This Morning, This Evening
S20 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 02/11/19
Hale County This Morning, This Evening premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, 2/11/19.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening – Clip
S20 Ep11 | 2m 10s
Air Date: 02/11/19
Hale County This Morning, This Evening premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, 2/11/19.
Trailer | People’s Republic of Desire
S20 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 02/25/19
People's Republic of Desire premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
Vote$ for Livestreamers | People’s Republic of Desire
S20 Ep12 | 2m 24s
Air Date: 02/25/19
People's Republic of Desire premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
Trailer | Tre Maison Dasan
S20 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/01/19
Tre Maison Dasan premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 1, 2019.
“Naughty School” | Tre Maison Dasan
S20 Ep13 | 2m 2s
Air Date: 04/01/19
Tre Maison Dasan premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 1, 2019.
“We Need New Memories” | Tre Maison Dasan
S20 Ep13 | 1m 8s
Air Date: 04/01/19
Tre Maison Dasan premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 1, 2019.
Trailer | The Providers
S20 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/08/19
The Providers premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Trying to Fill the Health Care Gap | The Providers
S20 Ep15 | 1m 53s
Air Date: 04/08/19
The Providers premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Pregnant Moms Want to Be Drug-Free | The Providers
S20 Ep15 | 2m 4s
Air Date: 04/08/19
The Providers premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Trailer | Charm City
S20 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 04/22/19
With grit, fury and compassion, they're trying to reclaim their city's future.
Mr. C’s Community Is His Family | Charm City
S20 Ep16 | 2m 14s
Air Date: 04/22/19
Charm City premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 22, 2019.
Out of State
S20 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 05/06/19
Out of State premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 6, 2019.
Trailer | Harvest Season
S20 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 05/13/19
Harvest Season premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 13, 2019.
My Grapes Are Ready to Harvest | Harvest Season
S20 Ep18 | 2m 23s
Air Date: 05/13/19
Harvest Season airs on Independent Lens on PBS Monday May 13, 2019.
Trailer | Wrestle
S20 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 05/20/19
Wrestle premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 20, 2019.
Sweating the Weigh-In | Wrestle
S20 Ep19 | 2m 2s
Air Date: 05/20/19
Wrestle premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 20, 2019.
Trailer | Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
S20 Ep20 | 28s
Air Date: 04/15/19
Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, April 15, 2019.
Chasing Trane – Trailer
S19 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 11/06/17
Chasing Trane premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 6, 2017.
Chasing Trane – Coltrane Reawakens with New Blood – Clip
S19 Ep1 | 2m 58s
Air Date: 11/06/17
Chasing Trane premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 6, 2017.
Shadow World – Trailer
S19 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 11/20/17 | Rating: NR
Shadow World premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 20, 2017.
Shadow World – “Politicians Are Like Prostitutes” – Clip
S19 Ep2 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 11/20/17
Shadow World premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 20, 2017.
Supergirl
S19 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 12/18/17
Supergirl premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 18, 2017.
Supergirl – 80-Pound Recordbreaking Powerlifter – Clip
S19 Ep3 | 2m 15s
Air Date: 12/18/17
Supergirl premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 18, 2017.
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – Trailer
S19 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 01/01/18
Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, January 1, 2018.
Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – Armistead in ‘Nam – Clip
S19 Ep4 | 1m 50s
Air Date: 07/19/17
Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens Mon., January 1, 2018
Unrest – Trailer
S19 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 01/08/18
Unrest premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, January 8, 2018.
Unrest – Seeking Relief from M.E./Chronic Fatigue – Clip
S19 Ep5 | 2m 52s
Air Date: 01/08/18
Unrest premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 8, 2018.
I Am Not Your Negro – Trailer
S19 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/15/18
I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.
I Am Not Your Negro – “The Future of the Negro” – Clip
S19 Ep6 | 1m 58s
Air Date: 01/15/18
I Am Not Your Negro premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 15, 2018.
The Force – Trailer
S19 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 01/22/18
The Force premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, January 22, 2018.
The Force – “Neutralize the Threat” – Clip
S19 Ep7 | 2m 57s
Air Date: 01/22/18
The Force premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 22, 2018.
I Am Another You – Trailer
S19 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 01/29/18
I Am Another You premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 29, 2018.
I Am Another You – A Kind of Freedom, with Strangers – Clip
S19 Ep8 | 3m 2s
Air Date: 01/29/18
I Am Another You premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 29, 2018.
Winnie – Trailer
S19 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/05/18
Winnie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 5, 2018.
Winnie – Losing Her Identity as “Mandela’s Wife” – Clip
S19 Ep9 | 3m 23s
Air Date: 02/05/18
Winnie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 5, 2018.
Rat Film – Trailer
S19 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/26/18
Rat Film premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, February 26, 2018.
Rat Film – “Rats Put Food on My Table” – Clip
S19 Ep10 | 2m 48s
Air Date: 02/26/18
Rat Film premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 26, 2018.
Tell Them We Are Rising – Trailer
S19 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 02/19/18
Tell Them We Are Rising premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Tell Them We Are Rising – Separate But Unequal – Clip
S19 Ep11 | 3m 6s
Air Date: 02/19/18
Tell Them We Are Rising premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Behind the Scenes of “Tell Them We Are Rising”
S19 Ep11 | 2m
Air Date: 02/19/18
Tell Them We Are Rising premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Dolores – Trailer
S19 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 03/27/18
Dolores premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
Dolores – Young Dolores Huerta Takes on Sacramento – Clip
S19 Ep12 | 1m 18s
Air Date: 03/27/18
Dolores premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
When God Sleeps – Trailer
S19 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/02/18
When God Sleeps premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 2, 2018.
When God Sleeps – Living on the Run – Clip
S19 Ep13 | 3m 6s
Air Date: 04/02/18
When God Sleeps premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 2, 2018.
The Art of the Shine – Trailer
S19 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 04/09/18
The Art of the Shine premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 9, 2018.
The Art of the Shine – The Sober Shoeshine Gang – Clip
S19 Ep14 | 2m 44s
Air Date: 04/09/18
The Art of the Shine premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 9, 2018.
What Lies Upstream – Trailer
S19 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/16/18
What Lies Upstream premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 16, 2018.
Look & See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky – Trailer
S19 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 04/23/18
Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky premieres on Independent Lens Monday, April 23, 2018.
No Man’s Land – Trailer
S19 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 05/07/18
No Man's Land premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 7, 2018.
No Man’s Land – “A Fence, and Feds in the Darkness” – Clip
S19 Ep17 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 05/07/18
No Man's Land premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 7, 2018.
ACORN and the Firestorm – Trailer
S19 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 05/21/18
ACORN and the Firestorm premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 21, 2018.
ACORN and the Firestorm – Bertha and Hanna Meet – Clip
S19 Ep18 | 2m
Air Date: 05/21/18
ACORN and the Firestorm premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 21, 2018.
True Conviction – Trailer
S19 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 04/30/18
True Conviction premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 30, 2018.
True Conviction – “Get Me Out of Prison, Man” – Clip
S19 Ep19 | 2m 55s
Air Date: 04/30/18 | Rating: TV-PG
True Conviction premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 30, 2018.
Served Like a Girl – Trailer
S19 Ep20 | 30s
Air Date: 05/28/18
Served Like a Girl premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 28, 2018.
Served Like a Girl – Hope and Andrea – Clip
S19 Ep20 | 3m
Air Date: 05/28/18
Served Like a Girl premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 28, 2018.
National Bird – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 04/30/17 | Rating: NR
National Bird premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 1, 2017.
Best of Enemies – Trailer
S18 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/02/16 | Rating: NR
Best of Enemies premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, October 3, 2016.
“Crypto-Nazi” and Other Insults
S18 Ep1 | 1m 16s
Air Date: 10/02/16 | Rating: NR
Best of Enemies premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, October 3, 2016.
America Split at the Seams
S18 Ep1 | 2m 16s
Air Date: 10/02/16 | Rating: NR
Best of Enemies premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, October 3, 2016.
Gore Vidal: Revolutionary or Degenerate?
S18 Ep1 | 1m 25s
Air Date: 10/03/16 | Rating: NR
Best of Enemies premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, October 3, 2016.
Meet the Patels – Trailer
S18 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 12/26/16
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Patels Must Marry Patels
S18 Ep2 | 36s
Air Date: 12/26/16
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
The Most Unnecessary Pep Speech
S18 Ep2 | 1m 32s
Air Date: 12/26/16
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Best and Most Beautiful Things – Trailer
S18 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 01/02/17
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
Online vs. Offline When You’re Blind
S18 Ep3 | 1m 58s
Air Date: 01/02/17
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
“It’s Not You, It’s the Autism Speaking”
S18 Ep3 | 2m 40s
Air Date: 01/02/17
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
A Flogger for Christmas
S18 Ep3 | 2m 29s
Air Date: 01/02/17
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
Containment – Trailer
S18 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 01/09/17
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Savannah River Site Nuclear Facility: No Fishing
S18 Ep4 | 1m 29s
Air Date: 01/09/17
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Scenarios 10,000 Years in the Future
S18 Ep4 | 2m 12s
Air Date: 01/09/17
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Material That Will Be Here for 100,000 Years
S18 Ep4 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 01/09/17
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
What Was Ours – Trailer
S18 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 01/16/17
What Was Ours premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 16, 2017.
The Witness – Trailer
S18 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/23/17
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Returning to the Scene of Kitty’s Murder
S18 Ep6 | 1m 25s
Air Date: 01/23/17
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Arranging to Meet His Sister’s Killer
S18 Ep6 | 1m
Air Date: 01/23/17
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Reenacting the Murder of Kitty Genovese
S18 Ep6 | 2m 14s
Air Date: 01/23/17
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Bill’s Obsession
S18 Ep6 | 1m 35s
Air Date: 01/23/17
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Pregnant Freshman Recalls the Moment She Was Shot
S18 Ep9 | 1m 34s
Air Date: 01/31/17 | Rating: NR
TOWER premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
Like a Battle Scene
S18 Ep9 | 1m 57s
Air Date: 02/14/17 | Rating: NR
TOWER premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
Keith Maitland and Claire Wilson James Talk About TOWER
S18 Ep9 | 2m
Air Date: 02/13/17 | Rating: NR
Filmmaker Keith Maitland and Survivor Claire Wilson James Talk About TOWER
Officer Martinez Makes It to the Tower
S18 Ep10 | 2m 31s
Air Date: 01/31/17 | Rating: NR
TOWER premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
The Bad Kids – Breaking the Cycle – Clip
S18 Ep10 | 1m 29s
Air Date: 03/19/17 | Rating: NR
The Bad Kids premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 20, 2017.
The Bad Kids – Black Rock School’s 29th Graduate – Clip
S18 Ep10 | 1m 56s
Air Date: 03/19/17 | Rating: NR
The Bad Kids premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 20, 2017.
The Bad Kids – Principal Viland Goes the Extra Mile – Clip
S18 Ep10 | 1m 26s
Air Date: 03/19/17 | Rating: NR
The Bad Kids premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 20, 2017.
Ovarian Psycos – Women Find Strength in Numbers – Clip
S18 Ep11 | 2m
Air Date: 03/26/17 | Rating: NR
Ovarian Psycos premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 27, 2017.
Ovarian Psycos – Returning to Childhood Home of Abuse – Clip
S18 Ep11 | 3m 51s
Air Date: 03/26/17 | Rating: NR
Ovarian Psycos premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 27, 2017.
Ovarian Psycos – East L.A. & Chicano Civil Rights – Clip
S18 Ep11 | 2m 13s
Air Date: 03/26/17 | Rating: NR
Ovarian Psycos premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 27, 2017.
Ovarian Psycos – Trailer
S18 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 03/26/17 | Rating: NR
Ovarian Psycos premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 27, 2017.
Ovarian Psycos – Recruiting for Sisterhood of Ovas – Clip
S18 Ep11 | 1m 26s
Air Date: 03/26/17 | Rating: NR
Ovarian Psycos premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 27, 2017.
Newtown – Trailer
S18 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 04/02/17 | Rating: NR
Newtown premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 3, 2017.
Newtown – “We Don’t Have a Teacher” – Clip
S18 Ep12 | 1m 41s
Air Date: 04/02/17 | Rating: NR
Newtown premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 3, 2017.
Newtown – Nicole Hockley Remembers Dylan – Clip
S18 Ep12 | 2m 46s
Air Date: 04/02/17 | Rating: NR
Newtown premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 3, 2017.
SEED: The Untold Story – Trailer
S18 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/16/17 | Rating: NR
SEED: The Untold Story premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 17, 2017.
Seeds Are Magic
S18 Ep13 | 2m 12s
Air Date: 04/16/17 | Rating: NR
SEED: The Untold Story premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 17, 2017.
SEED: The Untold Story – Botanical Explorer Joe – Clip
S18 Ep13 | 2m 3s
Air Date: 04/16/17 | Rating: NR
SEED: The Untold Story premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 17, 2017.
SEED: The Untold Story – Pesticide and Suicide – Clip
S18 Ep13 | 2m 42s
Air Date: 04/16/17 | Rating: NR
SEED: The Untold Story premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 17, 2017.
National Bird – Trailer
S18 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 05/01/17
National Bird premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 1, 2017.
They Call Us Monsters – Trailer
S18 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 05/22/17
They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017.
They Call Us Monsters – Juvenile Prisoners Write Film – Clip
S18 Ep18 | 1m 39s
Air Date: 05/22/17
They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017.
They Call Us Monsters – Juan’s Unrequited Crush – Clip
S18 Ep18 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 05/22/17
They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017.
They Call Us Monsters – Jarad’s Victim Speaks – Clip
S18 Ep18 | 2m 50s
Air Date: 05/22/17
They Call Us Monsters premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 22, 2017.
Farmer/Veteran – Trailer
S18 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 05/29/17
Farmer/Veteran premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Farmer/Veteran – My “I Don’t Kill People” Pills – Clip
S18 Ep19 | 2m 4s
Air Date: 05/29/17
Farmer/Veteran premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Farmer/Veteran – Shellshock Then and Now – Clip
S18 Ep19 | 2m 28s
Air Date: 05/29/17
Farmer/Veteran premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Farmer/Veteran – “The Little Dude in Your Brain” – Clip
S18 Ep19 | 1m 27s
Air Date: 05/29/17
Farmer/Veteran premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Real Boy – Trailer
S18 Ep20 | 30s
Air Date: 06/19/17
Real Boy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 19, 2017.
Real Boy – Bennett’s Mom Comes to Support Him – Clip
S18 Ep20 | 3m 7s
Air Date: 06/19/17
Real Boy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 19, 2017.
Real Boy – Beard and a Haircut – Clip
S18 Ep20 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 06/19/17
Real Boy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 19, 2017.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution (Theatrical)
2m 31s
Air Date: 07/20/15 | Rating: NR
The Official Theatrical Trailer of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.
Stray Dog – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 11/09/15 | Rating: NR
Stray Dog premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 9, 2016.
Mimi and Dona: My Aunt Dona
2m 34s
Air Date: 11/23/15 | Rating: NR
Mimi and Dona premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 23, 2016.
Stray Dog: A Vietnam Vet Struggles to Forgive Himself
S17 Ep1 | 2m 21s
Air Date: 09/14/15 | Rating: NR
Stray Dog premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 9, 2016.
Stray Dog: Meat and Potatoes
S17 Ep1 | 54s
Air Date: 09/14/15 | Rating: NR
Stray Dog premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 9, 2016.
India’s Daughter – Trailer
S17 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 11/16/15 | Rating: NR
India’s Daughter premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 16, 2015.
India’s Daughter – The Brutal Rape that Galvanized India
S17 Ep2 | 4m 31s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
India’s Daughter – A Portrait of India’s Daughter
S17 Ep2 | 6m 32s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
India’s Daughter – These Men are Ours India’s Reckoning
S17 Ep2 | 4m 30s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
Mimi and Dona: The Lord’s Prayer
S17 Ep3 | 2m 31s
Air Date: 11/23/15 | Rating: NR
Mimi and Dona premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 23, 2016.
Mimi and Dona: “You Cannot Care for Dona Anymore”
S17 Ep3 | 2m 53s
Air Date: 11/23/15 | Rating: NR
Mimi and Dona premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 23, 2016.
Mimi and Dona – Trailer
S17 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/23/15 | Rating: NR
Mimi and Dona premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 23, 2016.
East of Salinas – Trailer
S17 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 12/28/15 | Rating: NR
East of Salinas premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 23, 2016.
East of Salinas: Jose Does His Homework
S17 Ep4 | 1m 12s
Air Date: 12/28/15 | Rating: NR
East of Salinas premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 28, 2015.
East of Salinas: Leaving Home to Find Work in Yuma
S17 Ep4 | 2m 28s
Air Date: 12/28/15 | Rating: NR
East of Salinas premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 28, 2015.
East of Salinas: An Unexpected Christmas Gift
S17 Ep4 | 2m 44s
Air Date: 12/28/15 | Rating: NR
East of Salinas premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 28, 2015.
Chuck Norris vs. Communism – Trailer
S17 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 01/04/16 | Rating: NR
Chuck Norris vs. Communism premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 4, 2016.
Chuck Norris vs. Communism: Keeping Romania In Ignorance
S17 Ep5 | 1m 6s
Air Date: 01/04/16 | Rating: NR
Chuck Norris vs. Communism premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 4, 2016.
Chuck Norris vs. Communism: Underground Movie Screening
S17 Ep5 | 2m 58s
Air Date: 01/04/16 | Rating: NR
Chuck Norris vs. Communism premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 4, 2016.
Chuck Norris vs. Oxygen: “The Films Were My Oxygen”
S17 Ep5 | 1m 54s
Air Date: 01/04/16 | Rating: NR
Chuck Norris vs. Communism premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 4, 2016.
Autism in Love – Trailer
S17 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/11/16 | Rating: NR
Autism in Love premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 11, 2016.
Autism in Love: “How Do You Know When You’re in Love?”
S17 Ep6 | 1m 47s
Air Date: 01/11/16 | Rating: NR
Autism in Love premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 11, 2016.
Autism in Love: “I Wish I Could’ve Been a Normal Person”
S17 Ep6 | 2m 22s
Air Date: 01/11/16 | Rating: NR
Autism in Love premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 11, 2016.
No Más Bebés – Trailer
S17 Ep7 | 30s
Air Date: 02/01/16 | Rating: NR
No Más Bebés premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
No Más Bebés: Sign Here to Take Away the Pain
S17 Ep7 | 1m 12s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
No Más Bebés premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
No Más Bebés: Cut the Birth Rate
S17 Ep7 | 1m 52s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
No Más Bebés premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
No Más Bebés: “My Mind Broke”
S17 Ep7 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
No Más Bebés premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
In Football We Trust – Trailer
S17 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/25/16 | Rating: NR
In Football We Trust premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 1, 2016.
In Football We Trust: Purpose and Hope through Football
S17 Ep8 | 2m 9s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
In Football We Trust premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
In Football We Trust: Gang Violence and Camaraderie
S17 Ep8 | 1m 46s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
In Football We Trust premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
In Football We Trust: Scholarships in Jeopardy
S17 Ep8 | 2m 41s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
In Football We Trust premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
In Football We Trust: The Kava Tradition
S17 Ep8 | 1m 13s
Air Date: 01/25/16 | Rating: NR
In Football We Trust premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 25, 2016.
In Football We Trust – Harvey Langi
S17 Ep8 | 7m 7s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
A Ballerina’s Tale – Trailer
S17 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/08/16 | Rating: NR
A Ballerina's Tale premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 8, 2016.
A Ballerina’s Tale: Misty’s Career in Jeopardy
S17 Ep9 | 2m 28s
Air Date: 02/08/16 | Rating: NR
A Ballerina's Tale premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 8, 2016.
A Ballerina’s Tale: A Young, Naive Ballerina Pays Her Dues
S17 Ep9 | 2m 14s
Air Date: 02/08/16 | Rating: NR
A Ballerina's Tale premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 8, 2016.
(T)ERROR – Trailer
S17 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 02/22/16 | Rating: NR
(T)ERROR premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 22, 2016.
(T)error: Paranoia
S17 Ep10 | 1m 41s
Air Date: 02/22/16 | Rating: NR
(T)ERROR premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 22, 2016.
(T)error: “Shariff’s” Map
S17 Ep10 | 1m 50s
Air Date: 02/22/16 | Rating: NR
T)ERROR premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 22, 2016.
(T)ERROR: The Conflicted Ideologies of a Black Panther
S17 Ep10 | 5m 53s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
Wilhemina’s War – Trailer
S17 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 02/29/16 | Rating: NR
Wilhemina's War premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 29, 2016.
Wilhemina’s War Explores South Carolina’s AIDS Epidemic
S17 Ep11 | 4m 6s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Expires: 11/07/27 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
An Honest Liar – Trailer
S17 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 03/27/16 | Rating: NR
An Honest Liar premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 28, 2016.
An Honest Liar: Exposing Peter Popoff
S17 Ep12 | 2m 36s
Air Date: 03/27/16 | Rating: NR
An Honest Liar premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 28, 2016.
An Honest Liar: Exposing Peter Popoff
S17 Ep12 | 1m 33s
Air Date: 03/27/16 | Rating: NR
An Honest Liar premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 28, 2016.
Welcome to Leith – Trailer
S17 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/03/16 | Rating: NR
Welcome to Leith premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 4, 2016.
Welcome to Leith: Press Tour Preview
S17 Ep13 | 1m 30s
Air Date: 04/04/16 | Rating: NR
Welcome to Leith chronicles the attempted takeover a small town by white supremacists.
Welcome to Leith: White Supremacy Flags
S17 Ep13 | 2m
Air Date: 04/03/16 | Rating: NR
Welcome to Leith premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 4, 2016.
Welcome to Leith: Armed White Supremacists
S17 Ep13 | 2m 58s
Air Date: 04/03/16 | Rating: NR
Welcome to Leith premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 4, 2016.
Welcome to Leith: Doxxed by a Neo-Nazi
S17 Ep13 | 1m 24s
Air Date: 04/03/16 | Rating: NR
Welcome to Leith premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 4, 2016.
Democrats – Trailer
S17 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 04/17/16 | Rating: NR
Democrats premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 18, 2016.
Democrats: “We Don’t Like Sellouts!”
S17 Ep14 | 2m 43s
Air Date: 04/17/16 | Rating: NR
Democrats premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 18, 2016.
Democrats: Beaten to Death
S17 Ep14 | 1m 46s
Air Date: 04/17/16 | Rating: NR
Democrats premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 18, 2016.
My Nazi Legacy – Trailer
S17 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 05/01/16 | Rating: NR
My Nazi Legacy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 2, 2016.
My Nazi Legacy: Baron Otto Gustav von Watcher’s Son
S17 Ep15 | 1m 26s
Air Date: 05/01/16 | Rating: NR
My Nazi Legacy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 2, 2016.
My Nazi Legacy: The Last Picture of Hans Frank
S17 Ep15 | 1m 27s
Air Date: 05/01/16 | Rating: NR
My Nazi Legacy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 2, 2016.
Peace Officer – Trailer
S17 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 05/08/16 | Rating: NR
Peace Officer premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Peace Officer: The Militarization of Police
S17 Ep16 | 2m 51s
Air Date: 05/08/16 | Rating: NR
Peace Officer premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday May 9, 2016.
Peace Officer: Friendly Fire
S17 Ep16 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 05/08/16 | Rating: NR
Peace Officer premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday May 9, 2016.
Peace Officer: Mistaken ID Leads Police to the Wrong House
S17 Ep16 | 2m 55s
Air Date: 05/08/16 | Rating: NR
Peace Officer premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday May 9, 2016.
The Armor of Light – Trailer
S17 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 05/09/16 | Rating: NR
The Armor of Light premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
The Armor of Light: The Reverend at the Gun Range
S17 Ep17 | 2m 10s
Air Date: 05/09/16 | Rating: NR
The Armor of Light premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
The Armor of Light: The Sanctity of Life
S17 Ep17 | 2m 54s
Air Date: 05/09/16 | Rating: NR
The Armor of Light premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
The Armor of Light: The Sermon
S17 Ep17 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 05/09/16 | Rating: NR
The Armor of Light premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
Dogtown Redemption – Trailer
S17 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 05/15/16 | Rating: NR
Dogtown Redemption premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 16, 2016.
Dogtown Redemption: Recycling Balancing Act
S17 Ep18 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 05/15/16 | Rating: NR
Dogtown Redemption premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 16, 2016.
Dogtown Redemption: Polkacide Drummer Now Homeless
S17 Ep18 | 1m 7s
Air Date: 05/15/16 | Rating: NR
Dogtown Redemption premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 16, 2016.
Dogtown Redemption: A Former Minister Living on the Streets
S17 Ep18 | 2m 37s
Air Date: 05/15/16 | Rating: NR
Dogtown Redemption premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 16, 2016.
Dogtown Redemption: Recyclers vs. NIMBYs
S17 Ep18 | 2m 46s
Air Date: 05/15/16 | Rating: NR
Dogtown Redemption premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 16, 2016.
TRAPPED – Trailer
S17 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 06/19/16 | Rating: NR
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Trapped: Puzzling Women’s Health Regulations
S17 Ep19 | 1m 26s
Air Date: 06/19/16 | Rating: NR
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Trapped: Informed Consent
S17 Ep19 | 45s
Air Date: 06/19/16 | Rating: NR
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Trapped: Unnecessary Equipment
S17 Ep19 | 1m 57s
Air Date: 06/19/16 | Rating: NR
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
Trapped: Teen Rape Victim Turned Away
S17 Ep19 | 1m 32s
Air Date: 06/19/16 | Rating: NR
Trapped premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 20, 2016.
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold – Trailer
S17 Ep20 | 30s
Air Date: 08/01/16 | Rating: NR
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.
T-Rex: Her Own Harshest Critic
S17 Ep20 | 1m 29s
Air Date: 08/01/16 | Rating: NR
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.
T-Rex: Coaching Claressa
S17 Ep20 | 2m 17s
Air Date: 08/01/16 | Rating: NR
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.
T-Rex: Boxing and Dating
S17 Ep20 | 2m 21s
Air Date: 08/01/16 | Rating: NR
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.
Coming Fall 2014 to Independent Lens
1m
Air Date: 10/12/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The Emmy-winning Independent Lens returns this fall with a new slate of acclaimed films.
Coming to Independent Lens: Bully
S16 Ep1 | 30s
Air Date: 10/12/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Bully premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 13, 2014.
Bully: Shake Hands
S16 Ep1 | 2m 8s
Air Date: 10/12/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Bully premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 13, 2014.
Bully: Stand Up for the Silent
S16 Ep1 | 48s
Air Date: 10/12/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Bully premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 13, 2014.
Coming to Independent Lens: Twin Sisters
S16 Ep2 | 30s
Air Date: 10/19/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Twin Sisters premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 20, 2014.
Twin Sisters: Adoptive Parents Meet in China
S16 Ep2 | 1m 5s
Air Date: 10/19/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Twin Sisters premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 20, 2014.
Twin Sisters: American Girl Meets Her Norwegian Twin
S16 Ep2 | 1m 56s
Air Date: 10/19/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Twin Sisters premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 20, 2014.
Twin Sisters: Sibling Love
S16 Ep2 | 2m 3s
Air Date: 10/19/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Twin Sisters premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 20, 2014.
Coming to Independent Lens: Brakeless
S16 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 10/26/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brakeless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 27, 2014.
Brakeless: Deadly Speed at Rush Hour
S16 Ep3 | 1m 13s
Air Date: 10/26/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brakeless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 27, 2014.
Brakeless: Model of the Tragic Train Crash
S16 Ep3 | 1m
Air Date: 10/26/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brakeless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, October 27, 2014.
Coming to Independent Lens: Powerless
S16 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/03/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Powerless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 3, 2014.
Powerless: Crackdown on Katiya
S16 Ep4 | 5m 32s
Air Date: 11/03/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Powerless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 3, 2014.
Powerless: Electricity Riots
S16 Ep4 | 1m 16s
Air Date: 11/03/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Powerless premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 3, 2014.
Coming to Independent Lens: Happiness
S16 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 11/17/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Happiness: A Yak for a Big TV
S16 Ep5 | 1m 53s
Air Date: 11/17/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Happiness: Sneaking Off to Do Archery
S16 Ep5 | 57s
Air Date: 11/17/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Happiness premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Evolution of a Criminal
S16 Ep6 | 1m 48s
Air Date: 01/12/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Evolution of a Criminal premieres next season on PBS Independent Lens.
Coming to Independent Lens: Rich Hill
S16 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/05/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Rich Hill premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Rich Hill: Moving Back to Thayer
S16 Ep6 | 2m 12s
Air Date: 01/05/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Rich Hill premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Rich Hill: Dreams and Prayers for the Future
S16 Ep6 | 2m 9s
Air Date: 01/05/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Rich Hill premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Evolution of a Criminal: Pastor Ned
S16 Ep7 | 1m 9s
Air Date: 01/12/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Evolution of a Criminal premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, January 12, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: The Kill Team
S16 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 12/15/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The Kill Team premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, January 19, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly
S16 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/16/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Through a Lens Darkly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 16, 2015.
Through a Lens Darkly: Family Photo Albums
S16 Ep8 | 1m 44s
Air Date: 02/16/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Through a Lens Darkly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 16, 2015.
Through a Lens Darkly: Gordon Parks
S16 Ep8 | 1m 47s
Air Date: 02/16/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Through a Lens Darkly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 16, 2015.
American Denial: An American Dilemma
S16 Ep9 | 2m 54s
Air Date: 02/23/15 | Rating: TV-PG
American Denial premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 23, 2015.
American Denial: People at the Margins
S16 Ep9 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 02/23/15 | Rating: TV-PG
American Denial premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 23, 2015.
American Denial: Implicit Bias Test
S16 Ep9 | 2m 14s
Air Date: 02/23/15 | Rating: TV-PG
American Denial premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 23, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: American Denial
S16 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 02/23/15 | Rating: TV-PG
American Denial premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 23, 2015.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Little White Lie
S16 Ep10 | 30s
Air Date: 03/22/15 | Rating: TV-G
Little White Lie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 23, 2015.
Little White Lie: Family Origins
S16 Ep10 | 1m 35s
Air Date: 03/22/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Little White Lie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 23, 2015.
Little White Lie: Growing Up White
S16 Ep10 | 4m 22s
Air Date: 03/22/15 | Rating: TV-G
Little White Lie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 23, 2015.
Little White Lie: Finding Her New Identity at Georgetown
S16 Ep10 | 3m 39s
Air Date: 03/22/15 | Rating: TV-G
Little White Lie premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, March 23, 2015.
Little White Lie Lacie Schwartz
S16 Ep10 | 8m 34s
Air Date: 09/26/16 | Rating: NR
Available into perpetuity.
Coming to Independent Lens: Little Hope Was Arson
S16 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 04/05/15 | Rating: TV-PG
Little Hope Was Arson premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 6, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: The Homestretch
S16 Ep12 | 2m 29s
Air Date: 04/12/15 | Rating: TV-PG
The Homestretch premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 13, 2015.
The Homestretch: Roque’s Story
S16 Ep12 | 2m 32s
Air Date: 04/12/15 | Rating: TV-PG
The Homestretch premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 13, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: The Homestretch
S16 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 03/12/15 | Rating: TV-G
The Homestretch premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 13, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: The Great Invisible
S16 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/19/15 | Rating: TV-PG
The Great Invisible premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 20, 2015.
The Great Invisible: Hardluck City
S16 Ep13 | 1m 21s
Air Date: 04/19/15 | Rating: TV-PG
The Great Invisible premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 20, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: Kumu Hina
S16 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 05/03/15 | Rating: TV-G
Kumu Hina premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 4, 2015.
Kumu Hina: Reunited
S16 Ep14 | 2m 11s
Air Date: 05/03/15 | Rating: TV-G
Kumu Hina premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 4, 2015.
Kumu Hina: Ho’onani Steps Up
S16 Ep14 | 2m 2s
Air Date: 05/03/15 | Rating: TV-G
Kumu Hina premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 4, 2015.
Kumu Hina: You Are the Warriors of Today
S16 Ep14 | 2m 12s
Air Date: 05/03/15 | Rating: TV-G
Kumu Hina premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 4, 2015.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Born to Fly
S16 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 05/10/15 | Rating: TV-G
Born to Fly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 11, 2015.
Born to Fly: Artificial Gravity
S16 Ep15 | 1m 27s
Air Date: 05/10/15 | Rating: TV-G
Born to Fly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 11, 2015.
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Sees the Doctor
S16 Ep15 | 3m 30s
Air Date: 05/10/15 | Rating: TV-G
Born to Fly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 11, 2015.
Born to Fly: Waterfall at Millennium Bridge
S16 Ep15 | 2m 57s
Air Date: 05/10/15 | Rating: TV-G
Born to Fly premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 11, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: 1971
S16 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 05/17/15 | Rating: TV-G
1971 premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 18, 2015.
1971: The Idea of a Break-In
S16 Ep16 | 1m 10s
Air Date: 05/17/15 | Rating: TV-G
1971 premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 18, 2015.
1971: Paper Proof
S16 Ep16 | 1m 47s
Air Date: 05/17/15 | Rating: TV-G
1971 premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 18, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens: Limited Partnership
S16 Ep17 | 30s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
Limited Partnership premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 15, 2015.
Limited Partnership: How They Met
S16 Ep17 | 1m 27s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
Limited Partnership premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 15, 2015.
Limited Partnership: Shocking Letter from the INS
S16 Ep17 | 1m 17s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
Limited Partnership premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 15, 2015.
Limited Partnership: Sneaking Back In at the Border
S16 Ep17 | 1m 19s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
Limited Partnership premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 15, 2015.
Limited Partnership: Justice Kennedy Changes His Mind
S16 Ep17 | 3m 53s
Air Date: 06/14/15 | Rating: TV-G
The evolution of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's same-sex marriage rulings.
Coming to Independent Lens: Don’t Stop Believin’
2m 4s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, September 30 during the PBS Indies Showcase
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: The Graduates
3m 11s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: NR
Premiering October 28 & November 4 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Graduates/Los Graduados: Coming This Fall to PBS
30s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Get Ready for a New Season of Independent Lens
30s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: NR
Beginning September 30, 2013 only on PBS
The Graduates/Los Graduados: Latina Student Faces Present Da
1m 48s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Graduates/Los Graduados: Latino Student Chooses Between
2m 31s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Graduates/Los Graduados: A Latina Struggles with Homeles
1m 51s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
Los Graduados – Adelantado en Español
29s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Graduates/Los Graduados: Latino Student Stories
30s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering October 28 & November 4 (check local listings)
Los Graduados: Estudiante elige entre la vida de pandillas o
2m 31s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Se estrenará el 28 de octubre y el 4 de noviembre de 2013 a las 22:00 horas
Los Graduados: Una latina sin hogar mientras asiste la prepa
1m 52s
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Se estrenará el 28 de octubre y el 4 de noviembre de 2013 a las 22:00 horas
The Graduates: Homelessness
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Chastity is torn between leaving for college or supporting her family after eviction.
The Graduates: Peer Juries
18m
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Stephanie Alvarado develops alternatives to “zero tolerance” school discipline policies.
The Graduates: Teen Parenting
Air Date: 10/27/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Darlene Bustos, a teen mom, pursues educational opportunities for herself and her son.
The Graduates: Bullying
17m 10s
Air Date: 11/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Juan Bernabe discovers the value of arts programs to build self-esteem and community.
The Graduates: Gang Prevention
18m 53s
Air Date: 11/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Eduardo Corona breaks the cycle of gang involvement through mentoring.
The Graduates: Undocumented Students
16m 36s
Air Date: 11/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Gustavo Madrigal overcomes the barriers to education caused by his undocumented status.
Coming to Independent Lens: How to Survive a Plague
2m 15s
Air Date: 12/30/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 30, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Oscar-nominated How to Survive a Plague Coming in December
29s
Air Date: 12/30/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 30, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: At Berkeley
1m 19s
Air Date: 01/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, January 13, 2014 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
At Berkeley: Fred Wiseman and Why He Went Back to School
Air Date: 01/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering January 13, 2014 on Independent Lens (check local listings)
See the Preview for Muscle Shoals
1m
Air Date: 04/20/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Muscle Shoals premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 21, 2014.
See the Preview for God Loves Uganda
30s
Air Date: 05/18/14 | Rating: TV-PG
God Loves Uganda premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 19, 2014.
Muscle Shoals: When Percy Sledge Made it Big
58s
Air Date: 04/20/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Muscle Shoals premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 21, 2014.
Are You an Indian?
S15 Ep3 | 5m 25s
Air Date: 11/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Indian Relay
S15 Ep3 | 30s
Air Date: 11/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 18, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Indian Relay: The Rituals and Rules
S15 Ep3 | 3m 5s
Air Date: 11/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 18, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Indian Relay: Fierce Competition and Strong Bonds
S15 Ep3 | 3m 57s
Air Date: 11/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 18, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Indian Relay: Moments of Reflection Before the Races
S15 Ep3 | 3m 6s
Air Date: 11/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 18, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Coming to Independent Lens: Young Lakota
S15 Ep4 | 30s
Air Date: 11/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Young Lakota: The Difficult Decision
S15 Ep4 | 2m 1s
Air Date: 11/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Young Lakota: South Dakota Law Impact Oglala Lakota Tribal P
S15 Ep4 | 1m 48s
Air Date: 11/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Young Lakota: A Bittersweet Farewell to the Pine Ridge Reser
S15 Ep4 | 5m 15s
Air Date: 11/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Coming to Independent Lens – Playwright: From Page to Stage
S15 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 12/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 16, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Playwright: From Page to Stage: “On Being a Playwright”
S15 Ep5 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 12/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Playwright: From Page to Stage premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 16, 2013.
Playwright: Why Does Theater Still Matter?
S15 Ep5 | 1m 14s
Air Date: 12/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Playwright: From Page to Stage premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 16, 2013.
Playwright: From Page to Stage: “Replacing the Lead Characte
S15 Ep5 | 3m 21s
Air Date: 12/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Playwright: From Page to Stage premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 16, 2013.
Playwright: Turning Robin Williams into a Dead Tiger
S15 Ep5 | 3m 3s
Air Date: 12/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Playwright: From Page to Stage premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 16, 2013.
Coming to Independent Lens: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
S15 Ep6 | 1m 58s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 23, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: The Secret to Success
S15 Ep6 | 2m 23s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
The acclaimed Jiro Dreams of Sushi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 23, 2013.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: Making a Sushi Restaurant Special
S15 Ep6 | 1m 59s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
The acclaimed Jiro Dreams of Sushi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 23, 2013.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: The Challenges of Making Shrimp and Oc
S15 Ep6 | 4m 21s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
The acclaimed Jiro Dreams of Sushi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on December 23, 2013.
See the Preview for Jiro Dreams of Sushi
S15 Ep6 | 29s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 23, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Seasons Greetings from Jiro & Independent Lens
S15 Ep6 | 29s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, December 23, 2013 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
Meet Four California Sushi Masters
S15 Ep6 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 12/23/13 | Rating: NR
Don't Miss Jiro Dreams of Sushi - December 23, 2013 at 10pm on Independent Lens
Blood Brother: Rocky Returns to India
S15 Ep9 | 2m 54s
Air Date: 01/20/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Blood Brother premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 20, 2014.
Blood Brother: Rocky Visits with Pizza and Books
S15 Ep9 | 1m 8s
Air Date: 01/20/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Blood Brother premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 20, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Blood Brother
S15 Ep9 | 30s
Air Date: 01/20/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering January 20, 2014 at 10pm/9c (check local listings) .
Coming to Independent Lens: The State of Arizona
S15 Ep10 | 1m 54s
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
The State of Arizona – See the Preview
S15 Ep10 | 29s
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10pm/9c (check local listings)
The State of Arizona: Salvador Reza Tracks Sheriffs Pulling
S15 Ep10 | 2m 10s
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The State of Arizona premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 27, 2014.
The State of Arizona: Russell Pearce Rallies a Crowd
S15 Ep10 | 2m 22s
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The State of Arizona premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 27, 2014.
The State of Arizona: Sheriff Joe Debates Journalist During
S15 Ep10 | 2m 15s
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The State of Arizona premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 27, 2014.
The State of Arizona: A Wall Goes Up
S15 Ep10 |
Air Date: 01/27/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The State of Arizona premieres on PBS Independent Lens on January 27, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Spies of Mississippi
S15 Ep11 | 1m 21s
Air Date: 02/10/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering February 10, 2014 at 10pm/9c (check local listings).
Spies of Mississippi: Not-So-Secret Meetings
S15 Ep11 | 37s
Air Date: 02/10/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Spies of Mississippi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on February 10, 2014.
Spies of Mississippi: Many Shades of Opinion
S15 Ep11 | 48s
Air Date: 02/10/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Spies of Mississippi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on February 10, 2014.
Spies of Mississippi: Training for Three Things
S15 Ep11 | 41s
Air Date: 02/10/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Spies of Mississippi premieres on PBS Independent Lens on February 10, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Las Marthas
S15 Ep12 | 30s
Air Date: 02/17/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, February 17, 2014 at 10p/9c (check local listings)
Las Marthas: Nuevo Laredo Debutante Rosario Gets Fitted for
S15 Ep12 | 1m 28s
Air Date: 02/17/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Las Marthas premieres on PBS Independent Lens on February 17, 2014.
All of Me: Big Beautiful Women
S15 Ep13 | 1m 13s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
All of Me: Taking a Chance on Surgery
S15 Ep13 | 1m 34s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
All of Me: HeavyWeight Yoga
S15 Ep13 | 3m 52s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
All of Me: Support Group
S15 Ep13 | 4m 47s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: All Of Me
S15 Ep13 | 2m 17s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
See the Preview for All of Me
S15 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 03/23/14 | Rating: TV-PG
All of Me premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 24, 2014.
Medore: Basketball in a Poor Town
S15 Ep14 | 58s
Air Date: 03/30/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Medora premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 31, 2014.
Medora: Coach Keeps the Faith
S15 Ep14 | 1m 3s
Air Date: 03/30/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Medora premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 31, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Medora
S15 Ep14 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 03/30/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Medora premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 31, 2014.
See the Preview for Medora
S15 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 03/30/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Medora premieres on PBS Independent Lens on March 31, 2014.
See the Preview for Brothers Hypnotic
S15 Ep15 | 30s
Air Date: 04/06/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brothers Hypnotic premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 7, 2014.
Brothers Hypnotic: The Principle of Simplicity
S15 Ep15 | 1m 52s
Air Date: 04/06/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brothers Hypnotic premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 7, 2014.
Brothers Hypnotic: Clef the Trombonist
S15 Ep15 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 04/06/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brothers Hypnotic premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 7, 2014.
Brothers Hypnotic: An Unyielding Commitment to Excellence
S15 Ep15 | 1m 10s
Air Date: 04/06/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Brothers Hypnotic premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 7, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Trials of Muhammad Ali
S15 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 04/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Premieres Monday, April 14, 10pm/9c on PBS (check local listings).
Trials of Muhammad Ali: Confronted and Redeemed
S15 Ep16 |
Air Date: 04/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The Trials of Muhammad Ali premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 14, 2014.
Trials of Muhammad Ali: “Why Are We Called Negroes?”
S15 Ep16 | 23s
Air Date: 04/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The Trials of Muhammad Ali premieres on PBS Independent Lens on April 14, 2014.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali: Inspired By the Greatest To Be H
S15 Ep16 | 4m 15s
Air Date: 04/13/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The Trials of Muhammad Ali premieres on Independent Lens on April 14, 2014.
A Fragile Trust: Preview
S15 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
A Fragile Trust: Jayson Blair on Where It All Began to Fall
S15 Ep18 | 1m 12s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
A Fragile Trust: Howell Raines, Change Agent
S15 Ep18 | 2m 19s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
A Fragile Trust: Jayson Blair
S15 Ep18 | 2m 7s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
A Fragile Trust: Jayson Blair Scandal Fallout
S15 Ep18 | 2m 7s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: A Fragile Trust
S15 Ep18 | 2m 13s
Air Date: 05/04/14 | Rating: TV-PG
A Fragile Trust premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 5, 2014.
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Let the Fire Burn
S15 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 05/11/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Let the Fire Burn premieres on PBS on May 12, 2014.
Let the Fire Burn: The Philosophy of MOVE
S15 Ep19 | 57s
Air Date: 05/11/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Let the Fire Burn premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 12, 2014.
Let the Fire Burn: Philadelphia Special Investigation Commis
S15 Ep19 | 1m 1s
Air Date: 05/11/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Let the Fire Burn premieres on PBS Independent Lens on May 12, 2014.
See the Preview for The New Black
S15 Ep21 | 30s
Air Date: 06/14/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The New Black premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Sunday, June 15, 2014.
The New Black: Canvassing for Marriage Equality
S15 Ep21 | 1m 22s
Air Date: 06/14/14 | Rating: TV-PG
The New Black premieres on PBS Independent Lens on Sunday, June 15, 2014.
Half the Sky: Diane Lane on Somaliland’s Edna Adan Maternity
2m 54s
Air Date: 10/01/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Treating Fistulas at Edna Adan Hospital
5m 53s
Air Date: 10/01/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Coming to Independent Lens: The Waiting Room
2m 16s
Air Date: 09/30/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Coming this fall to PBS.
Is Soul Food a Sacrament or a Sin?
2m 13s
Air Date: 01/14/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Soul Food Junkies - airing May 20, 2013 on Independent Lens
Can a Church Preach Love and Discriminate at the Same Time?
1m 28s
Air Date: 10/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Love Free or Die -- premiering October 29, 2012 (check local listings)
The Sky’s the Limit for the Women of Barefoot College
2m 2s
Air Date: 11/05/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Solar Mamas - premiering November 5, 2012 (check local listings)
Love Free or Die: Bishop Robinson on Persevering in the Face
3m 15s
Air Date: 10/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Love Free or Die - premiering October 29, 2012 (check local listings)
Stanley Tucci to Host New Season of Independent Lens
49s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Series moves to Monday nights at 10pm (check local listings)
Solar Mamas: Culture Shock and Curiosity at the Barefoot Col
1m 52s
Air Date: 11/05/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Solar Mamas - coming November 5, 2012 to Independent Lens
Independent Lens Season Highlights
2m
Air Date: 10/07/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Join us Monday nights at 10pm (check local listings)
Community Classroom Makes Learning Cinematic
1m 4s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: NR
Learn more about Community Cinema.
Always Something New to Discover on Monday Nights
29s
Air Date: 11/12/12 | Rating: NR
Tune in Monday nights to PBS for Antiques Roadshow, Market Warriors, and Independent Lens.
Find the Unexpected on Monday Nights
29s
Air Date: 11/12/12 | Rating: NR
Tune in Monday nights to PBS for Antiques Roadshow, Market Warriors, and Independent Lens.
On a Mission to Bring Humor into Fine Art
2m 25s
Air Date: 01/21/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Beauty is Embarrassing - premiering January 21, 2013 (check local listings)
Women and Girls Lead!
3m 15s
Air Date: 12/10/12 | Rating: NR
Learn more about this innovative public media campaign.
Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei’s Muse is His Conscience
2m 24s
Air Date: 02/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - premiering February 25, 2013 (check local listings)
Never Sorry: Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art
2m 1s
Air Date: 02/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - premiering February 25, 2013 (check local listings)
Coming to Independent Lens: The Invisible War
1m 46s
Air Date: 05/12/13 | Rating: TV-PG
The Invisible War premieres May 13, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Invisible War: Women in the U.S. Military
1m 23s
Air Date: 05/12/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Invisible War on May 13 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In Takes a Hard Look at The War on Drugs
2m 17s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In: The Wire’s David Simon on the Downside
3m 22s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Wonder Women!
30s
Air Date: 04/14/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Wonder Women! - airs December 2 at 10pm (check local listings).
Coming to Independent Lens: The Island President
2m 27s
Air Date: 04/22/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Island President - premiering April 22 at 10pm (check local listings)
Coming to Independent Lens: The Revolutionary Optimists
4m 23s
Air Date: 06/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Revolutionary Optimists - airs March 10 at 10pm (check local listings)
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines: Me
2m 2s
Air Date: 04/14/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Wonder Women! - premiering April 15 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Island President: Mohamed Nasheed Confronts Climate Chan
1m 18s
Air Date: 04/21/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Island President - premiering April 22 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Invisible War Nominated for Academy Award
30s
Air Date: 05/12/13 | Rating: TV-PG
The Invisible War premieres May 13, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Powerbroker: Alfre Woodard on Whitney Young’s Fight for
53s
Air Date: 02/18/13 | Rating: NR
Watch The Powerbroker - February 18 at 10 pm (check local listings)
The Revolutionary Optimists: Teaching Children to Be Agents
3m 5s
Air Date: 06/16/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Revolutionary Optimists - premiering June 17 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Island President: Democracy in Maldives
16m 14s
Air Date: 04/21/13 | Rating: NR
A chronicle of the rise of the democratic movement in the Maldives.
The Island President: Climate Politics
2m 54s
Air Date: 04/21/13 | Rating: NR
View the link between climate change, political advocacy, and the international politics.
The Island President: Underwater Meeting
1m 29s
Air Date: 04/21/13 | Rating: NR
President Nasheed stages an underwater meeting to draw attention to the global warming.
The Invisible War Influences Military Policy Changes
36s
Air Date: 05/12/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Invisible War - premiering Monday, May 13 at 10pm (check local listings)
Is the American Dream Out of Reach?
S14 Ep1 | 36s
Air Date: 11/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering November 12, 2012 (check local listings)
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream: “One Road, T
S14 Ep1 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 11/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering November 12, 2012 (check local listings)
As Goes Janesville: One Janesville Family Endures Through Un
S14 Ep2 | 1m 16s
Air Date: 10/07/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch As Goes Janesville - premiering October 8, 2012 (check local listings)
As Goes Janesville: Behind the Scenes
S14 Ep2 | 6m 17s
Air Date: 10/07/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch As Goes Janesville - premiering October 8, 2012 (check local listings)
Love Free or Die: Gene Robinson’s Sermon at the New York Cit
S14 Ep3 | 5m 18s
Air Date: 10/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Love Free or Die - premiering October 29, 2012 (check local listings)
Love Free or Die: A Vote on Marriage Equality in New Hampshi
S14 Ep3 | 6m 14s
Air Date: 10/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Love Free or Die - premiering October 29, 2012 (check local listings)
Soul Food Junkies: Good to You vs. Good for You
S14 Ep5 | 4m 5s
Air Date: 01/14/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Soul Food Junkies - premiering January 14, 2013 on Independent Lens
Beauty is Embarrassing: Wayne White and Mimi Pond “Meet Cute
S14 Ep6 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 01/21/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Beauty is Embarrassing - premiering January 21, 2013 (check local listings)
Beauty Is Embarrassing – Preview
S14 Ep6 | 30s
Air Date: 01/21/13 | Rating: NR
Airs Monday, December 9, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Witness a Texas Showdown Over Teaching Standards
S14 Ep7 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 01/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Revisionaries - premieres January 28, 2013 (check local listings)
The Revisionaries: The Texas Dentist Who Moonlights as a Cul
S14 Ep7 | 1m 32s
Air Date: 01/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Revisionaries - premieres January 28, 2013 (check local listings)
Pushing the Elephant: Reunion
S14 Ep7 | 6m 56s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Congolese refugee Rose Mapendo reunites with her daughter Nangabire after 10 years.
Pushing the Elephant: First Day of School
S14 Ep7 | 5m 45s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Congolese refugee Nangabire attends her first day of school in the U.S.
Pushing the Elephant: Rose Tells Her Story
S14 Ep7 | 9m 47s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Congolese refugee Rose Mapendo's returns to the DRC to discuss women's empowerment.
Bhutto: The History of Pakistan
S14 Ep7 | 7m 43s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
This film module shows a montage of the pivotal moments in Pakistan’s birth as a nation.
Bhutto: First Woman Leader of a Muslim Nation
S14 Ep7 | 6m 59s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
A short film module about Benazir Bhutto, the first woman leader of a Muslim nation.
Spotlight on Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young, Jr.
S14 Ep8 | 1m 51s
Air Date: 02/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Powerbroker - premiering February 18, 2013 (check local listings)
The Powerbroker: Young Took the Struggle from the Streets to
S14 Ep8 | 2m 14s
Air Date: 02/18/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Powerbroker - premiering February 18, 2013 (check local listings)
The Powerbroker – Preview
S14 Ep8 | 30s
Air Date: 02/18/13 | Rating: NR
Airs Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
The House I Live In: Theme Song Sung by John Legend
S14 Ep10 | 3m 19s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In: Do Limited Options Make Drugs Seem Like
S14 Ep10 | 1m 29s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In: A Law and Order Man Shares His Doubts a
S14 Ep10 | 1m 30s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In: Framing Drugs in Moral Terms May Miss t
S14 Ep10 | 2m 8s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
The House I Live In: Does the War on Drugs Target Minorities
S14 Ep10 | 1m 8s
Air Date: 04/07/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)
Gloria Steinem on Wonder Woman
S14 Ep11 | 45s
Air Date: 04/14/13 | Rating: NR
Watch Wonder Women! - premiering April 15 at 10pm (check local listings)
Coming to Independent Lens: The Undocumented
S14 Ep13 | 30s
Air Date: 04/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)
The Undocumented: A Family Endures the Tragic Side of the Im
S14 Ep13 | 3m 15s
Air Date: 04/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)
The Undocumented: Forensics Cannot Explain Why Mother and Da
S14 Ep13 | 1m 45s
Air Date: 04/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)
An Organization Reunites Undocumented Dead with Families
S14 Ep13 | 2m 27s
Air Date: 04/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)
Coming to Independent Lens: Seeking Asian Female
S14 Ep14 | 30s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)
Seeking Asian Female: When Steven Met Sandy
S14 Ep14 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)
Seeking Asian Female: An Internet Romance Boils Down to Inst
S14 Ep14 | 2m 13s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)
Seeking Asian Female: What is “Yellow Fever”?
S14 Ep14 | 4m 20s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013
Seeking Asian Female: Do Asian Women Have “White Fever”?
S14 Ep14 | 7m 57s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: NR
Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013
Seeking Asian Female: What About Interracial Marriage?
S14 Ep14 | 7m 6s
Air Date: 05/05/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013
Coming to Independent Lens: Sundance Award Winner Detropia
S14 Ep15 | 2m 29s
Air Date: 05/26/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)
Detropia: The Scavengers’ Story
S14 Ep15 | 3m 19s
Air Date: 05/26/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)
Detropia: America’s Fastest Shrinking City
S14 Ep15 | 2m 10s
Air Date: 05/26/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)
Don’t Stop Believin’: Journey’s Neal Schon on Finding a Fron
S14 Ep18 | 1m 18s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, September 30 during the PBS Indies Showcase
Don’t Stop Believin’: How a Fan Video Led to a Real Life Roc
S14 Ep18 | 1m 57s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, September 30 during the PBS Indies Showcase
Don’t Stop Believin’: Journey’s Arnel Pineda Recalls His Deb
S14 Ep18 | 2m 41s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, September 30 during the PBS Indies Showcase
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Preview
S14 Ep18 | 30s
Air Date: 09/29/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, September 30, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Waiting Room: Behind the Scenes of a Real Life ER
S14 Ep19 | 4m 54s
Air Date: 10/20/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, October 21, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Waiting Room: Waiting Room Stories Personalize Health Ca
S14 Ep19 | 3m 50s
Air Date: 10/20/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, October 21, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Waiting Room – Preview
S14 Ep19 | 30s
Air Date: 10/20/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Monday, October 21, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)
The Epidemic That Decimated and Defined a Community
2m 18s
Air Date: 06/14/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch We Were Here - premiering June 14, 2012 (check local listings)
We Were Here: A Health Crisis Catalyzes a Political Movement
1m 6s
Air Date: 06/14/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch We Were Here - premiering June 14, 2012 (check local listings)
We Were Here: Realizing the Devastating Effects of AIDS
47s
Air Date: 06/14/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch We Were Here - premiering June 14, 2012 (check local listings)
We Were Here: We Don’t Let Our Friends Get Hurt
29s
Air Date: 06/14/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch We Were Here - premiering June 14, 2012 (check local listings)
Being Elmo: Elmo Answers Your Question
29s
Air Date: 08/04/11 | Rating: NR
Find out what's Elmo's favorite food.
Being Elmo: Puppeteer Kevin Clash Talks About Being Elmo
1m 7s
Air Date: 08/04/11 | Rating: NR
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey premieres on PBS' Independent Lens in April, 2012.
Independent Lens Launches Its Tenth Season
2m 18s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: NR
Catch this remarkable lineup of 30 films you won't find anywhere else on television.
Like an Emancipation Proclamation for the Disabled
2m 36s
Air Date: 10/27/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A look back at the dynamic Disability Rights Movement.
Mary-Louise Parker to Host Independent Lens
43s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: NR
Parker's career epitomizes the spirit and the depth that also define Independent Lens.
Deaf Jam: ASL Poets in the Spotlight
3m 3s
Air Date: 11/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The students of the Lexington School take the stage for an ASL Poetry Performance.
Deaf Jam: Poets Without Borders
2m 40s
Air Date: 11/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Cultural boundaries dissolve when Aneta collaborates with a Palestinian spoken word poet.
Deaf Jam: What Do You Love About Being Deaf?
1m 43s
Air Date: 11/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Aneta began attending the Lexington School at age 7, but worries about what's ahead.
Sign Language is Who I Am
2m 26s
Air Date: 11/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Follow the rise of a young slam poet who finds her voice through American Sign Language.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Francesca Woodman
1m 29s
Air Date: 12/22/11 | Rating: TV-14
In a family of artists, Francesca Woodman burned the brightest and burnt out the fastest.
The Woodmans: A Family Reflects Through a Glass Darkly
2m 39s
Air Date: 12/22/11 | Rating: TV-14
The Woodmans shared a remarkably asthetic attitude towards life and art making.
The Woodmans: Art Was a Way of Life
4m 4s
Air Date: 12/22/11 | Rating: TV-14
The family spent summers in Florence, Italy, where young Francesca wandered museums.
The Woodmans: Self-portrait of the Artist as a Young Student
3m 11s
Air Date: 12/22/11 | Rating: TV-14
Francesca Woodman's classmates at RISD describe their first impressions of her.
Fred and Trish: Passionately-Abled
4m 28s
Air Date: 10/27/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Fred and Trish shared a passion for the Celtics, Hill Street Blues, and each other.
Saving the Nation’s Family Pictures
1m 1s
Air Date: 12/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
What do The Sound of Music, Blazing Saddles, and E.T. have in common?
These Amazing Shadows: Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch
1m 27s
Air Date: 12/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch embodied both American ideals and fatherhood.
These Amazing Shadows: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
2m 12s
Air Date: 12/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Like the best movies, The Wizard of Oz takes reality and turns it into a mythology.
These Amazing Shadows: To Colorize or Not to Colorize
2m 10s
Air Date: 12/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Ted Turner's colorization of classic films became film preservation's tipping point.
Looking Back at the Black Power Movement
1m 59s
Air Date: 02/09/12 | Rating: TV-PG
The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: A Civil Rights Firebrand
2m 46s
Air Date: 02/09/12 | Rating: TV-PG
The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: A Point Where Caution End
2m 35s
Air Date: 02/09/12 | Rating: TV-PG
The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-9175: A Miscarriage of Justice
1m 43s
Air Date: 02/09/12 | Rating: TV-PG
The Black Power Mixtape - premiering February 9, 2012 (check local listings)
The African National Congress Turns 100
38s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: NR
Independent Lens recognizes the 100th Anniversary of the African National Congress
Meet the Man Behind Elmo
2m 15s
Air Date: 04/05/12 | Rating: TV-PG
See Being Elmo - airing April 5 & 9, 2012 at 9pm (check local listings)
The Black Power Mixtape: Angela Davis on Seeing Herself
2m 30s
Air Date: 02/09/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Dr. Angela Davis speaks with Hari Sreenivasen of the PBS NewsHour about a 1972 interview.
Black History is American History
30s
Air Date: 02/02/12 | Rating: NR
Tune in during Black History Month - check local listings
It’s Baaaaack!
1m 44s
Air Date: 04/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)
Haiti’s Best Known Band Keeps Hope Alive
2m 15s
Air Date: 04/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)
Revenge of the Electric Car: Enter the Emperor of the Electr
1m 11s
Air Date: 04/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)
Revenge of the Electric Car: Meet Bob Lutz…Mr. Horsepower
52s
Air Date: 04/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)
Revenge of the Electric Car: Pimping Yesterday’s Jalopies In
1m 7s
Air Date: 04/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)
Revenge of the Electric Car: The Incredible Awesomeness of E
1m 3s
Air Date: 04/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Revenge of the Electric Car" - April 19, 2012 (check local listings)
More Than a Month: Black History Month…There’s an App for
1m 9s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: NR
Watch More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: For a Circus Family, Life is a Balancing Act
2m 14s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: Remembering the Ringmaster Who Started It All
5m 7s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: The Everyday Enchantment of Circus Children
2m 50s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Meet the Ponce Family Circus!
2m 13s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
When the Drum is Beating: Despite Difficulties, Septentriona
1m 38s
Air Date: 04/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)
When the Drum is Beating: Remembering the Glory Days of Cap-
2m 17s
Air Date: 04/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)
When the Drum is Beating: The Painful Truth of Haiti’s Colon
1m 19s
Air Date: 04/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "When the Drum is Beating" - April 12, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: For One Filmmaker, the Sideshow Became the Main Event
4m 5s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: From the Big Top to the Silver Screen
7m 52s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Circo: Making the Music with Celexico
11m 15s
Air Date: 05/03/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Circo - premiering May 3, 2012 (check local listings)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey – Preview
30s
Air Date: 04/09/12 | Rating: NR
Premieres Monday, April 9, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Join the Club with Mary-Louise Parker
25s
Air Date: 10/20/11 | Rating: NR
Join the Independent Lens documentary film club on Twitter!
We Were Here – Preview
30s
Air Date: 06/13/12 | Rating: NR
Airs Monday, December 3, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Daisy Bates: Media Tactics
15m 57s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Media-savvy civil rights leader Daisy Bates fought to desegregate schools in Little Rock.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Angela Davis
13m 5s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Students will learn about Angela Davis and her deep impact on global liberation movements.
Revenge of the Electric Car – Preview
31s
Air Date: 04/18/12 | Rating: NR
Airs Monday, April 28, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Beware Evildoers: Here Come the 99!
S13 Ep1 | 2m 49s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A comic book based on the 99 virtues of Allah runs up against unexpected opposition.
Wham! Bam! Islam!: Imagining New Heroes for Muslim Children
S13 Ep1 | 1m 19s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The creator of The 99 describes what inspired him to create Islamic superheroes.
Wham! Bam! Islam!: Investing in Comics for Social Change
S13 Ep1 | 1m 54s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: TV-PG
An investor in The 99 describes his unlikely Mississippi origins.
Wham! Bam! Islam!: The Secrets of a Comic Book Mastermind Re
S13 Ep1 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Naif Al-Mutawa preferred to escape his awkward adolescence by losing himself in books.
Wham! Bam! Islam!: Behind the Scenes
S13 Ep1 | 4m 42s
Air Date: 10/13/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Director Isaac Solotaroff shares outtakes and describes what drew him to his subject.
A Family Reunion Unlike Any Other
S13 Ep2 | 2m 36s
Air Date: 10/20/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A far-flung group of siblings find each other, and their anonymous, sperm donor father.
Donor Unknown: “Hello, I’m Your Sister. Our father Is Donor
S13 Ep2 | 3m 26s
Air Date: 10/20/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A New York Times article became the catalyst for Donor 150's offspring to meet each other.
Donor Unknown: On the Road with Donor 150
S13 Ep2 | 3m
Air Date: 10/20/11 | Rating: TV-PG
While a friend fixes his camper, Jeffrey -- aka Donor 150 -- pauses to reflect on life.
Donor Unknown: Uncanny Similarities Between Newfound Sibling
S13 Ep2 | 2m 45s
Air Date: 10/20/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The newfound siblings were amazed by their similarities when they finally meet.
We Still Live Here: A Language Is Not Just Words
S13 Ep5 | 3m 18s
Air Date: 11/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A new generation is breathing life into what was once thought to be a lost language.
We Still Live Here: Making Peace With a Future Mentor
S13 Ep5 | 4m 15s
Air Date: 11/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Jessie Little Doe describes her initial resistance to working with a white linguist.
We Still Live Here: Songs From the End of the Island
S13 Ep5 | 3m 11s
Air Date: 11/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The Wampanoag people are slowly recovering their original songs and myths.
We’re the People Who Met the Pilgrims
S13 Ep5 | 46s
Air Date: 11/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Follow Jessie Little Doe's tireless efforts to bring her tribal language back to life.
We Still Live Here – As Nutayunean (Preview)
S13 Ep5 | 30s
Air Date: 03/15/12 | Rating: NR
Airs Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
A Landmark Series on the Anti-Apartheid Movement
S13 Ep8 | 34s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Have You Heard From Johannesburg" premiering in January 2012
Road to Resistance – A Preview
S13 Ep8 | 1m 46s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Road to Resistance" - the first episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Sharpeville Massacre C
S13 Ep8 | 1m 49s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Road to Resistance" - the first episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
The New Generation – A Preview
S13 Ep9 | 1m 42s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "The New Generation" - the second episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The World Witnesses the So
S13 Ep9 | 4m 58s
Air Date: 01/12/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "The New Generation" - the second episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
From Selma to Soweto – A Preview
S13 Ep10 | 2m 41s
Air Date: 01/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "From Selma to Soweto" - the third episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Have You Heard From Johannesburg: A Very Public Protest Agai
S13 Ep10 | 1m 45s
Air Date: 01/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "From Selma to Soweto" - the third episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
The Bottom Line – A Preview
S13 Ep11 | 3m 2s
Air Date: 01/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "The Bottom Line" - the fourth episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Making the Case for Divest
S13 Ep11 | 4m 50s
Air Date: 01/19/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "The Bottom Line" - the fourth episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Free At Last – A Preview
S13 Ep12 | 3m 40s
Air Date: 01/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Free At Last" - the final episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Secret Intrigue That H
S13 Ep12 | 3m 46s
Air Date: 01/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Free At Last" - the final episode of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg"
Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Hero Who Put Her Life on the Line
S13 Ep13 | 1m 2s
Air Date: 02/02/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)
Daisy Bates: Retiring from the Struggle, But Not From the Ca
S13 Ep13 | 1m 17s
Air Date: 02/02/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)
Daisy Bates: Turning a Childhood Tragedy into the Pursuit of
S13 Ep13 | 1m 32s
Air Date: 02/02/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock premiering February 2, 2012 (check local listings)
A Feminist Before the Term Was Invented
S13 Ep13 | 1m 8s
Air Date: 02/02/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock - premieres February 2, 2012 (check local listings)
End Black History Month?
S13 Ep15 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: TV-PG
More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
More than a Month: How Does Confederate History Mesh with Bl
S13 Ep15 | 3m 39s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: TV-PG
More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
More Than a Month: Philadelphia’s Innovative Black History R
S13 Ep15 | 5m 1s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: TV-PG
More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
More than a Month: Pounding the Pavement for Black History
S13 Ep15 | 2m 29s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: TV-PG
More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
More than a Month: Where It’s At With Marco and Shukree!
S13 Ep15 | 4m 29s
Air Date: 02/16/12 | Rating: TV-PG
More Than a Month - premiering February 16, 2012 (check local listings)
For Lee Gorewitz, Living With Alzheimer’s is an Odyssey
S13 Ep16 | 1m 45s
Air Date: 03/29/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)
You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t: Hanging O
S13 Ep16 | 1m 11s
Air Date: 03/29/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)
You’re Looking At Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t: Making Mi
S13 Ep16 | 50s
Air Date: 03/29/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)
You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t: Reinventi
S13 Ep16 | 1m 4s
Air Date: 03/29/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering March 29, 2012 (check local listings)
Facing the Storm: Appreciating the Animal That Symbolizes th
S13 Ep20 | 49s
Air Date: 04/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)
Facing the Storm: Nearing Extinction, the Buffalo Was Hunted
S13 Ep20 | 2m 26s
Air Date: 04/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)
Facing the Storm: Remembering Big Medicine and the Big Bison
S13 Ep20 | 4m 44s
Air Date: 04/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)
Is There Room for the American Bison in America Anymore?
S13 Ep20 | 2m
Air Date: 04/26/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Facing the Storm - premiering April 26, 2012 (check local listings)
Tibetan Nomads Negotiate the Crossroads Between Tradition…
S13 Ep22 | 1m 54s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Summer Pasture: All Seasons Define the Lives of Tibetan Noma
S13 Ep22 | 2m 32s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Summer Pasture: Connected by Karma, Two Tibetan Nomads Becom
S13 Ep22 | 2m 49s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Summer Pasture: Hardship and Heartbreak Threaten the Bonds o
S13 Ep22 | 5m 24s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Summer Pasture: Catching Up With the Summer Pasture Family
S13 Ep22 | 9m 11s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Summer Pasture: Education is a Priority
S13 Ep22 | 6m 26s
Air Date: 05/10/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: Closing the Achievement Gap in Tucson Sc
S13 Ep23 | 4m 48s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: Connecting to Community and Self Through
S13 Ep23 | 4m 58s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: Ethnic Studies Empower One Tucson Teen
S13 Ep23 | 5m 2s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: Planting the Seeds
S13 Ep23 | 4m 17s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: The Case Against Ethnic Studies
S13 Ep23 | 2m 58s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Ethnic Chauvinism or Modern Civil Rights Struggle?
S13 Ep23 | 1m 59s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Precious Knowledge: The Lasting Legacy of the Chicano Studen
S13 Ep23 | 8m 8s
Air Date: 05/17/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Precious Knowledge - premiering May 17, 2012 (check local listings)
Oscar-Nominated Hell and Back Again Comes to PBS
S13 Ep24 | 1m 48s
Air Date: 05/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Hell and Back Again - airing May 28, 2012 (check local listings)
Hell and Back Again: A Marine Company is Debriefed Before Ba
S13 Ep24 | 2m 1s
Air Date: 05/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)
Hell and Back Again: Appreciation for a Returning Veteran
S13 Ep24 | 1m 4s
Air Date: 05/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)
Hell and Back Again: For One Marine, a Parking Lot Becomes a
S13 Ep24 | 40s
Air Date: 05/28/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Hell and Back Again - Premiering May 28, 2012 (check local listings)
A Parent Seeks the Father Who Abandoned Him
S13 Ep25 | 2m 20s
Air Date: 05/24/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)
Left by the Ship: An Affidavit Offers Hope to One Filipino A
S13 Ep25 | 2m 26s
Air Date: 05/24/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)
Stigmatized and Shunned, Filipino Amerasians Seek…
S13 Ep25 | 2m 50s
Air Date: 05/24/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)
Left by the Ship: Searching for Their Fathers
S13 Ep25 | 5m
Air Date: 05/24/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)
Left by the Ship: Some Servicemen Paid for “Wives” but Didn’
S13 Ep25 | 3m
Air Date: 05/24/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Left by the Ship - premiering May 24, 2012 (check local listings)
Lift Like a Girl!
S13 Ep27 | 3m 3s
Air Date: 07/25/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)
Strong!: Shopping’s a Drag for a Power Lifter
S13 Ep27 | 1m 45s
Air Date: 07/25/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Strong! - premiering July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)
Strong!: Raising the Bar With Strength and Grace
S13 Ep27 | 1m 30s
Air Date: 07/25/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Strong! - premiering July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)
Being Big Has Its Advantages
S13 Ep27 | 1m 14s
Air Date: 07/25/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Strong! - premiering July 26, 2012 on PBS (check local listings)
Strong: Visualizing Weightlifting as Poetry in Motion
S13 Ep27 | 5m 30s
Air Date: 07/25/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch Strong! - premiering July, 26 2012 on PBS (check local listings)
Reel Injun: Dances With Wolves
1m 29s
Air Date: 11/02/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"Dances With Wolves" - fleshed-out characters or same old stereotypes?
Reel Injun: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1m 53s
Air Date: 11/02/10 | Rating: TV-PG
On Will Sampson's performance in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Reel Injun: The Navajo Get Their Sweet Revenge
1m 18s
Air Date: 11/02/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"After playing the bonehead savage for so many years, the Navajo get their sweet revenge."
The Longoria Affair – Promo
26s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
The death of Longoria tore a Texas town apart and sparked a civil rights movement.
The Longoria Affair: Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Hector Garcia
2m 2s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
The relationship of Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Hector Garcia was complex and contentious.
The Longoria Affair: Santiago Hernandez
2m 56s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Santiago Hernandez on town opposition to a Felix Longoria commemoration.
The Longoria Affair: The Funeral Home and a Civil Rights Mov
5m 5s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
In 1940s Three Rivers, segregation extended from town to cemetery.
Reel Injun: “Little Big Man” and the Indiang Massacre
2m 34s
Air Date: 11/02/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Native students react to the depiction of an Indian massacre in "Little Big Man."
El caso Longoria – Clip promocional
27s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Su muerte creo el campo para la lucha por los derechos civiles de los mexicano americanos.
El Caso Longoria: Clip de Pelicula 2
2m 56s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-Y
Santiago Hernandez sobre la oposicion del pueblo a un homenaje a Felix Longoria.
El Caso Longoria: Clip de pelicula 3
2m 2s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
La relacion entre Lyndon Johnson y el Dr. Hector Garcia era compleja y combativa.
El Caso Longoria: Clip de pelicula 1
2m 5s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Los sucesos de Three Rivers cambiaron el destino de tres veteranos y la vida de millones.
El Caso Longoria: The Longoria Affair
5m 5s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
En los anos 1940, en Three Rivers, la segregacion se extendia del pueblo al cementerio.
The Longoria Affair: “Because the Whites Wouldn’t Like It”
2m 6s
Air Date: 11/09/10 | Rating: TV-PG
What happened in Three Rivers changed the lives of millions.
Lost Sparrow – Video Extra
8m 36s
Air Date: 11/16/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Chris Billing discusses the challenges he faced in investigating his own family's past.
45365: A Campaign Message
1m 5s
Air Date: 12/14/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Judicial candidate Don Luce records a campaign message.
45365: The Barber Shop
51s
Air Date: 12/14/10 | Rating: TV-PG
A barber shop patron describes the rhythms and routines of small town living.
45365: The DUI Arrest
43s
Air Date: 12/14/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Even a DUI arrest is an amiable encounter in Sydney, Ohio.
45365: Gospel Service and Creekside Chatter
2m 34s
Air Date: 12/14/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Both gospel service and creekside chatter give the town it's rhythms and refrains.
William S. Burroughs – Promo
28s
Air Date: 02/22/11 | Rating: TV-PG
William Burroughs was an iconoclast who himself became an icon.
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within: “Always Keep It Loaded”
2m 3s
Air Date: 02/22/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Burroughs didn't feel at home unless he had a loaded gun by his side.
William S. Burroughs: Shotgun Art
1m 35s
Air Date: 02/22/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Later in life, Burroughs moved from words to images...using some very unusual techniques.
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within: “Godfather of Punk”
1m 28s
Air Date: 02/22/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Publisher V. Vale describes how Burroughs became a role model on the punk rock scene.
Oscar-Nominated Waste Land Premiering on PBS
2m 9s
Air Date: 04/19/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 10pm
Forbidden Art: Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Stalinist, or Anti-Esta
2m 31s
Air Date: 04/05/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art: An Art Lover With the Eyes of a
3m 18s
Air Date: 04/05/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Dessert of Forbidden Art: The Road to Uzbekistan
1m 44s
Air Date: 04/05/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Greatest Art You’ve Never Seen
2m 35s
Air Date: 04/05/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Premiering Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Jean-Michel Basquait: Turning Street Energy Into High Art
1m 21s
Air Date: 04/12/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Jean-Michele Basquait: Who was SAMO?
1m 4s
Air Date: 04/12/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
The Wunderkind of the Lower East Side
28s
Air Date: 04/12/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Marwencol: Action and Adventure! Romance and Redemption!
2m 17s
Air Date: 04/26/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Marwencol - Trailer
Marwencol: Imagination Unlimited…But Only 27 Barbies
36s
Air Date: 04/26/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Marwencol - Film Clip
Marwencol: Two Thumbs Up From the Star of the Show!
2m 35s
Air Date: 04/26/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Marwencol - Video Extra
Celebrate the Power of Sisterhood
44s
Air Date: 03/15/11 | Rating: NR
Independent Lens celebrates women's stories.
A Film Unfinished: Finding a Work of Nazi Propaganda
1m 3s
Air Date: 05/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Film Clip
A Film Unfinished: Scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto Staged to I
1m 15s
Air Date: 05/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Film Clip
A Mystery Unravels from a Reel of Film
1m 59s
Air Date: 05/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Trailer
The Desert of Forbiden Art: The Plight of the Nukus Museum
2m 34s
Air Date: 04/05/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Video Extra
Waste Land: A Scavenger Since the Age of Seven
52s
Air Date: 04/19/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Waste Land | Film Clip
Waste Land: Artistically Inspired, Afraid to Turn Back
1m 22s
Air Date: 04/19/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Waste Land | Film Clip
Waste Land: Finding Art in the Dump
42s
Air Date: 04/19/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Waste Land | Film Clip
A Film Unfinished: Secrets From the Cutting Room Floor
2m 31s
Air Date: 05/03/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Video Extra
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo: Bug Lover Conquers Audiences!
2m 34s
Air Date: 05/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A filmmaker finds a way to make audiences less afraid of creepy crawlies.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo: Looking Forward to a Bug’s Life
2m 24s
Air Date: 05/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Shinto and Buddhist teachings encourage harmony and respect towards all living things.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo: Ode to the Six-Legged Muse
2m 39s
Air Date: 05/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Haiku is an interpretation of the brevity of life, and the never ending cycle of nature.
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo: Small is Beautiful
3m 15s
Air Date: 05/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Insects, like haiku or a Zen garden, can represent the world at large writ small.
Got Bugs?
27s
Air Date: 05/17/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Japan's fascination with insects could help us re-imagine our relationship to nature.
Geena Davis Talks About “Women and Girls Lead”
1m 8s
Air Date: 06/03/11 | Rating: NR
Oscar-winning actor Geena Davis on ending gender discrimination in media.
Reel Injun – Trailer
2m 14s
Air Date: 11/02/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Most Indians don't ride horses or wear feathers, but in the movies, they always do.
The Parking Lot Movie: “I Bought the Car”
S12 Ep1 | 1m 55s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"I bought the car ... surely, it comes with a parking space."
The Parking Lot Movie: “The Evening Can Go Good or Bad”
S12 Ep1 | 2m 22s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"That's kind of where the evening can turn good or bad a lot of the time."
The Parking Lot Movie: Existential Implications
S12 Ep1 | 1m 37s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"People were definitely considering the existential implications of the job."
The Parking Lot Movie: The Plight of the Service Sector Work
S12 Ep1 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"Welcome to the CPL, life in a nutshell. Could be heaven, could be hell."
The Parking Lot Movie – Trailer
S12 Ep1 | 1m 43s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: TV-PG
"It's not just a parking lot, it's a battle with humanity."
2010/2011 Season Preview
S12 Ep1 | 3m 18s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: NR
The film festival in your living room is back!
Paula Kerger – President & CEO of PBS
S12 Ep1 | 41s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: NR
Get Inspired by the Arts on Independent Lens
America Ferrera – Community Cinema
S12 Ep1 | 44s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: NR
America invites you to join Community Cinema
Community Cinema – Promo
S12 Ep1 | 3m 38s
Air Date: 10/19/10 | Rating: NR
Community Cinema features free, monthly screenings nationwide.
Art & Copy – Trailer
S12 Ep2 | 2m 9s
Air Date: 10/26/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch the story of the real mad men and women who changed the way we feel, see, and buy.
Art & Copy: Advertising, Ali, and Changing the World
S12 Ep2 | 42s
Air Date: 10/26/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Adman George Lois on advertising, Ali, and changing the world.
Art & Copy: Bill Bernbach
S12 Ep2 | 1m 11s
Air Date: 10/26/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Bill Bernbach -- the man who brought art and copy together in the agency.
Art & Copy: Mary Wells and the Ads of the 60’s
S12 Ep2 | 56s
Air Date: 10/26/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Trailblazer Mary Wells on making the ads of the '60s fun.
Art & Copy: The Saturn Campaign
S12 Ep2 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 10/26/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Hal Riney describes the innovative Saturn car campaign.
Deep Down – Trailer
S12 Ep6 | 41s
Air Date: 11/23/10 | Rating: TV-PG
On Wilson Creek, neighbors grapple with a tough choice: saving land or livelihood?
Deep Down: Mine over Matter
S12 Ep6 | 5m 5s
Air Date: 11/23/10 | Rating: TV-PG
While community opposition to the mine grows, friends still argue over what's best.
Deep Down: Mining Interests and the Public Hearing
S12 Ep6 | 5m 4s
Air Date: 11/23/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Beverly May worries that no one will speak up to mining interests at a public hearing.
Deep Down: Mining’s Bittersweet Victory
S12 Ep6 | 5m
Air Date: 11/23/10 | Rating: TV-PG
While voices opposed to mining prevail, Terry Ratliff describes a bittersweet victory.
Deep Down: Virtual Mining Town
S12 Ep6 | 2m 33s
Air Date: 11/23/10 | Rating: NR
Step into a virtual minining town on Second Life.
The Calling – Trailer
S12 Ep8 | 3m 9s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
It takes a true calling to make faith a way of life.
The Calling – Video Extra
S12 Ep8 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
What's your calling? What do you do to make the world a better place?
The Calling: Hospital Chaplain Consoles Family After Devasta
S12 Ep8 | 1m 57s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
As a hospital chaplain, Steven Gamez consoles a family folllowing a devastating loss.
The Calling: Jeneen Robinson and being an AME Minister
S12 Ep8 | 3m 28s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Jeneen Robinson describes the life experiences that led her to become an AME minister.
The Calling: Rabbinical Student Explains Devotion to Faith a
S12 Ep8 | 1m 52s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Rabbinical student Shmuly Yanklowitz explains his devotion to faith and his girlfriend.
The Calling: Bilal the Prison Chaplain
S12 Ep8 | 2m 50s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Bilal brings Islam's message of a new, better life to inmates as a Prison chaplain.
The Calling: The Wedding Singer
S12 Ep8 | 2m 53s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Yerachmiel overcomes his nerves to perform his first wedding.
The Calling: Steven Gamez
S12 Ep8 | 10m 30s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Steven studies to become a Catholic priest and serve the poor.
The Calling: Bilal Ansari
S12 Ep8 | 10m 38s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Bilal, a Muslim Chaplain, fights a hate crime against him.
The Calling: Rob Pene
S12 Ep8 | 9m 21s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Rob, an American Samoan, performs Christian rap and pursues the urban ministry.
The Calling: Jeneen Robinson
S12 Ep8 | 10m 25s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Jeneen is an African American single mother balancing family and theological study.
The Calling: Tahera Ahmad
S12 Ep8 | 10m 48s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Tahera is an outspoken Muslim Chaplain and youth leader from a traditional family.
The Calling: Shmuly Yanklowitz
S12 Ep8 | 8m 15s
Air Date: 12/20/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Shmuly is an activist and rabbinical student redefining an Orthodox Jewish rabbi's role.
Men Who Swim – Trailer
S12 Ep10 | 1m 53s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: TV-PG
In the midst of mid-life crises, an all-male synchronized swim team is born.
Men Who Swim: Are They “Man” Enough?
S12 Ep10 | 3m 10s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Are the Stockholm Arts Swim Gents "man" enough to give up wetsuits?
Men Who Swim: Beer Bellies and Wet Suits
S12 Ep10 | 2m 2s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The team struggles with "the Lift" in order to take it to the next level.
Men Who Swim: Synchronized Swimming
S12 Ep10 | 2m 47s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Synchronized swimming is offered as the answer to existential angst.
Men Who Swim: The Championship Tour
S12 Ep10 | 2m 41s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: TV-PG
On the championship tour, friendships flourish and stereotypes are dispelled.
2011 Spring Showcase – Preview
S12 Ep10 | 3m 12s
Air Date: 01/04/11 | Rating: NR
The film festival in your living room is back!
Children of Haiti – Trailer
S12 Ep11 | 4m 36s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Follow three, homeless teenagers as they struggle to survive on the streets of Haiti.
Children of Haiti: 500,000 Orphans
S12 Ep11 | 2m 33s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: TV-PG
How has the earthquake impacted the already dire lives of Haiti's orphans?
Children of Haiti: Nickenson’s Little Hope
S12 Ep11 | 1m 59s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: TV-PG
For Nickenson, a hard life has left him scarred, with little hope.
Children of Haiti: The Health of Denick and His Friends
S12 Ep11 | 2m 22s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Filthy streets and beaches jeopardize the health of Denick and his friends.
Children of Haiti: Twice Orphaned
S12 Ep11 | 2m 10s
Air Date: 01/11/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Homeless youth in Haiti are twice-orphaned, first from family, then by government.
For Once in My Life – Trailer
S12 Ep12 | 28s
Air Date: 02/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The Spirit of Goodwill Band lets differently-abled musicians shine.
For Once in My Life: Melissa’s Mother
S12 Ep12 | 2m 24s
Air Date: 02/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Percussionist Melissa's mother has no regrets about how she raised her daughter.
For Once in My Life: Nancy
S12 Ep12 | 3m 6s
Air Date: 02/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Despite a difficult childhood, soprano Nancy leads a rich life, today.
For Once in My Life: The Band
S12 Ep12 | 1m 36s
Air Date: 02/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Bandleader Javier Pena coaches trombone player Jary through a rough patch in practice.
For Once in My Life: After the Big Performance
S12 Ep12 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 02/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
What's happened to the Spirit of Goodwill band musicians since their big performance?
When I Rise – Promo
S12 Ep13 | 27s
Air Date: 02/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Bigotry knocked her down ... but her music knocked back.
When I Rise: Conrad Interview
S12 Ep13 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 02/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
For Conrad - truly the embodiment of "Amazing Grace" - creativity is essential.
When I Rise: A Musical Legacy
S12 Ep13 | 4m 13s
Air Date: 02/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Center Point, TX was a "safe haven" for African Americans, with rich musical traditions.
When I Rise: Interview With Robert Mims
S12 Ep13 | 4m 37s
Air Date: 02/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Conrad's classmate, Robert Mims, believes students generally approved of desegregation.
When I Rise: I Felt So Betrayed
S12 Ep13 | 4m 51s
Air Date: 02/08/11 | Rating: TV-Y
Prejudice and politics wounded Conrad deeply, but in the media she appeared stoic.
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story – Promo
S12 Ep15 | 28s
Air Date: 03/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
She made a split-second decision that changed everything.
Me Facing Life: Pretrial Interview
S12 Ep15 | 3m 9s
Air Date: 03/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
In a pretrial interview, Dr. William Bernet listens as Cyntonia recounts a painful past.
Me Facing Life: Prison Reflections
S12 Ep15 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 03/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Via prison telephone, Cyntoia recounts her past choices and hopes for a better future.
Me Facing Life: They All Wanted Admiration
S12 Ep15 | 3m
Air Date: 03/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
In prison, Cyntoia tries to recuperate her own self-esteem after years of abuse.
Me Facing Life: Where Was I?
S12 Ep15 | 1m 43s
Air Date: 03/01/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Cyntoia's adoptive mother struggles to understand why she missed the warning signs.
Criminal Justice System: Meet Cyntoia
S12 Ep15 | 6m 29s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Cyntoia, a teen girl serving a life sentence for murder, tells her story.
Criminal Justice System: Meet Rosa
S12 Ep15 | 4m 50s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Rosa talks about factors that have led to a pattern of juvenile detention.
Criminal Justice System: Seizing Stories
S12 Ep15 | 4m 19s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Cyntoia shares her history with sexual violence, which has profoundly impacted her life.
Criminal Justice System: What to Do
S12 Ep15 | 3m 22s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Hear opinions on the result of Cyntoia’s case and if teens should be tried as adults.
Criminal Justice System: Decisions
S12 Ep15 | 8m 37s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
This module looks at the ways families are affected by incarceration.
Criminal Justice System: Expression
S12 Ep15 | 7m 43s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: NR
Delve into a drama therapy program at a juvenile detention center for girls in Illinois.
Criminal Justice System: Intervention
S12 Ep15 | 6m
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: NR
The Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program connects daughters with their incarcerated moms.
Criminal Justice System: Cyntoia as Mentor
S12 Ep15 | 2m 52s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Cyntoia reflects on the difficult circumstances of life in prison.
Criminal Justice System: Mentorship
S12 Ep15 | 4m 22s
Air Date: 01/08/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Ida attends her mother's high school graduation in prison.
Pushing the Elephant – Preview
S12 Ep16 | 28s
Air Date: 03/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Airs Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Pushing the Elephant: Immeasurable Pain
S12 Ep16 | 50s
Air Date: 03/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Rose's oldest daughter, Aimee, may have paid the highest price during the civil war.
Pushing the Elephant: It Takes a Village…of Women
S12 Ep16 | 3m 2s
Air Date: 03/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Rose implores a group of Congolese women to take charge of their lives and communities.
Pushing the Elephant: Together at Last
S12 Ep16 | 2m 42s
Air Date: 03/29/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Rose is reunited with her daughter, Nangabire, after a decade of apart.
Pushing the Elephant – Preview
S12 Ep16 | 30s
Air Date: 03/22/12 | Rating: NR
Airs Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Bhutto: Fairy Tale Wedding or Campaign Event?
S12 Ep22 | 1m 56s
Air Date: 05/10/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Bhutto | Film Clip
Bhutto: Making the Ultimate Sacrifice for Democracy
S12 Ep22 | 2m 27s
Air Date: 05/10/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Bhutto | Film Clip
Bhutto: Power From the People
S12 Ep22 | 1m 15s
Air Date: 05/10/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Bhutto | Film Clip
From Pampered Princess to Polarizing Politician
S12 Ep22 | 2m 4s
Air Date: 05/10/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Independent Lens | Bhutto | Trailer
Bhutto – Preview
S12 Ep22 | 30s
Air Date: 03/08/12 | Rating: NR
Airs Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Bhutto: The First Woman Leader of a Muslim Nation
S12 Ep22 | 7m 42s
Air Date: 03/08/12 | Rating: NR
Watch this Community Classroom companion video to Bhutto
Shelbyville is Not Mayberry Anymore
S12 Ep24 | 26s
Air Date: 05/24/11 | Rating: TV-PG
One small town in America's heartland is changing like never before.
Shelbyville: No Pride in Prejudice
S12 Ep24 | 2m 33s
Air Date: 05/24/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Lack of cultural orientation for both immigrants and townspeople fuels misunderstanding.
Welcome to Shelbyville: Desperately Seeking Southern Hospita
S12 Ep24 | 3m 4s
Air Date: 05/24/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Cultural difference makes for insurmountable barriers for some Somali immigrants.
Welcome to Shelbyville: Say Amen, Shelbyville!
S12 Ep24 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 05/24/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Differences dissolve as bread, company, and customs are shared during a community dinner.
Welcome to Shelbyville: Through Discrimination, Common Groun
S12 Ep24 | 2m 46s
Air Date: 05/24/11 | Rating: TV-PG
The American Dream seems out of reach for many immigrants in Shelbyville.
“This is How I’m Gonna Be”
S12 Ep25 | 2m 43s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Fred Martinez felt that he was both male and female.
Striving to Be Accepted, Not Tolerated
S12 Ep25 | 2m 32s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Participants in a Two-Spirit Gathering share their experiences.
The Bravest Choice Is To Be Yourself
S12 Ep25 | 2m 1s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 for identifying as a two-spirit.
Two Spirits: Gender as a Spectrum, Not a Divide
S12 Ep25 | 2m 24s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Navajo traditions emphasize the balance between the feminine and masculine.
Two Spirits: The Changing Ones
S12 Ep25 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Historical explorations of gender inspired the first gay organization in the U.S.
Two Spirits: Father Figures
S12 Ep25 | 2m 35s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Role models can make all the difference in a young person's life.
Two Spirits: Kids Like Fred
S12 Ep25 | 2m 40s
Air Date: 06/14/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Fred's mother turned her loss into a personal mission to help other kids like her son.
Herb & Dorothy: The Art of Collecting
4m 11s
Air Date: 01/25/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Herb and Dorothy Vogel travel the festival circuit with filmmaker Megumi Sasaki.
Dirt! The Movie – Promo
1m 45s
Air Date: 12/07/10 | Rating: TV-PG
It's under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it?
Herb & Dorothy – Trailer
2m 33s
Air Date: 01/25/11 | Rating: TV-PG
A couple of modest means builds a world-class, contemporary art collection.
Between the Folds – Trailer
S11 Ep8 | 2m 3s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Meet the people exploring the intersection between art and science with origami.
Between the Folds: Reinterpreting the World in Paper
S11 Ep8 | 2m 34s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Michael LaFosse & Richard Alexander demonstrate the art of paper pigmentation.
Between the Folds: Art, Imitating Life
S11 Ep8 | 1m 43s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: NR
Joisel's origami seashell is magnificently faithful to the real thing - inside and out.
Between the Folds: Finding Inspiration in Books
S11 Ep8 | 1m 16s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: NR
From Tolkein to Dungeons & Dragons, Joisel often found inspiration in the fantastical.
Between the Folds: Paper as a Medium
S11 Ep8 | 1m 20s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: NR
For Joisel, choosing origami as his medium was a bit like falling in love.
Between the Folds: Process of Creating
S11 Ep8 | 1m 24s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: NR
Joisel recounts the thrill of his first creation and the years it took to achieve it.
Between the Folds: Technique vs. Emotion
S11 Ep8 | 1m 11s
Air Date: 01/18/11 | Rating: NR
For Joisel, his creations were like children, and parting with them cause for suffering.
Young@Heart Promo
S11 Ep10 | 22s
Air Date: 12/22/09 | Rating: NR
Watch the full film 1/12/10, 9PM on PBS. Check local listings.
Copyright Criminals – Trailer
S11 Ep11 | 30s
Air Date: 11/30/10 | Rating: TV-PG
In the age of intellectual property, can you own a sound?
Reinventing a South Bronx School
S11 Ep18 | 31s
Air Date: 03/01/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch "Whatever It Takes" - March 1 (check listings)
Garbage Dreams – Long Preview
S11 Ep22 | 1m 13s
Air Date: 04/26/10 | Rating: NR
Airs Tuesday, April 27, 10PM ET, check local listings.
Turning Trash into Cash in Cairo
S11 Ep22 | 1m 34s
Air Date: 05/31/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Don't miss the encore presentation of this Independent Lens favorite!
Garbage Dreams – Short Preview
S11 Ep22 | 30s
Air Date: 04/26/10 | Rating: NR
Airs Monday, December 10, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Lioness – Preview
30s
Air Date: 12/15/11 | Rating: NR
Airs Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
A Path Appears: A Daughter Lost and Found
2m 34s
Air Date: 01/26/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 1 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, January 26, 2015.
A Path Appears: National Day of Johns Arrests
2m 47s
Air Date: 01/26/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 1 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, January 26, 2015.
A Path Appears: A Nashville Pimp
2m 4s
Air Date: 01/26/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 1 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, January 26, 2015.
Hamptons Squalor to Broadway Splendor
S10 Ep9 | 2m 5s
Air Date: 03/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway - Promo
The Life and Times of America’s First Shock Jock
S10 Ep13 | 31s
Air Date: 02/15/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch online from February 16 - 22, 2011!
Wangari Maathai Sees the Forest for the Trees
S10 Ep19 | 3m 4s
Air Date: 03/22/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Kenya & Wangari Maathai: Taking Root
S10 Ep19 | 7m 47s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Examine how Kenya’s history of colonization contributed to challenges with deforestation.
Taking Root: The Greenbelt Movement
S10 Ep19 | 7m 44s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Examine the steps that the Green Belt Movement took to address Kenya’s deforestation.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill – Trailer
2m
Air Date: 12/28/10 | Rating: TV-PG
The true story of a bohemian St. Francis who falls in with an unlikely flock.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: Birds of San Francisco’s
45s
Air Date: 12/28/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Mark describes the differing temperments of his feathered friends.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: Bohemian St. Francis
2m 34s
Air Date: 12/28/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Mark Bittner describes the impact the film had on both the parrots and his own life.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: Bohemian St. Francis
2m 8s
Air Date: 12/28/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Picasso and Sophie are lovebirds in the truest sense.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: Falling in With the Floc
45s
Air Date: 12/28/10 | Rating: TV-PG
Mingus the parrot gets down with the blues with musician Mark Bittner.
The Late, Great Editorial Cartoonist Paul Conrad
1m 7s
Air Date: 11/07/06 | Rating: TV-PG
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire -- a documentary tribute to a legendary journalist and artist.
Shadya: An Israeli ArabĺäĄ_s Experience
7m 23s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Investigate Arab citizens of Israel as a group, a population rarely exposed in the media.
Shadya: Muslim Feminism
9m 3s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Explore the ways Muslim girls and women have made strides in asserting their rights.
Girl Scout Troop Unites Daughters With Imprisoned Mothers
35s
Air Date: 12/08/11 | Rating: TV-PG
Watch this Women and Girls Lead presentation of an Independent Lens favorite!
Waiting for the Revolution: Fight for WorkersĺäĄ_ Rights
6m 46s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Should organizers work within the system or outside of it to bring about social change?
Waiting for the Revolution: BoliviaĺäĄ_s Indigenous Worker
9m 4s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Investigate Bolivia's unemployment, unions and worker’s rights as universal human rights.
Shayfeen.com: Digital Activism
S4 Ep6 | 7m 21s
Air Date: 03/14/13 | Rating: NR
Analyze how digital media can work in support of democracy in less developed nations.
Half the Sky: Every 90 Seconds, a Mother Dies Giving Birth
1m 25s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Rape is Civil War’s Legacy in Sierra Leone
5m 10s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Violence Against Women is a Global Epidemic
S1 Ep1 | 1m 41s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Olivia Wilde on Empowering Women Economically
S1 Ep1 | 5m 14s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: America Ferrera on India’s Sex Trade
S1 Ep1 | 3m 39s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Eva Mendes on Bringing Girl Power to Sierra Le
S1 Ep1 |
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Gabrielle Union on the Challenges That Girls F
S1 Ep1 |
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: The Impact of India’s Caste System on Women
S1 Ep1 | 5m 13s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Room to Read Gives Away Its Ten Millionth Book
S1 Ep1 | 5m 49s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: A Kenyan Restauranteur Flourishes Through Micr
S1 Ep1 | 2m 18s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: One Girl’s Long Road to School and Safety in S
S1 Ep1 | 5m
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: America Ferrera’s Diary Cam Insights on India
S1 Ep1 | 5m 1s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Sakena Yacoobi on Educating Women and Girls in
S1 Ep1 | 5m 50s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Creating Hope within Africa’s Largest Slum
S1 Ep1 | 9m 52s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Prostitution is the Absence of Choice
S1 Ep1 | 1m 40s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression with Educatio
S1 Ep1 | 1m 43s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Maternal Mortality in Somaliland
S1 Ep1 | 9m 45s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - Classroom Module
Half the Sky: Gender-based Violence in Sierra Leone
S1 Ep1 | 9m 45s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - Classroom Module
Half the Sky: Education in Vietnam
S1 Ep1 | 10m 38s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - Classroom Module
Half the Sky: Intergenerational Prostitution in India
S1 Ep1 | 10m 44s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - Classroom Module
Half the Sky: WomenĺäĄ_s Economic Empowerment in Kenya
S1 Ep1 | 10m 41s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - Classroom Module
Half the Sky: Seeking the Truth About Female Genital Cutting
S1 Ep1 | 4m 2s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Why Do Mothers Die in Somaliland?
S1 Ep1 | 8m 53s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Half the Sky: Gabrielle Union Reflects on Her Experiences in
S1 Ep1 | 7m 48s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: TV-PG
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Coming to Independent Lens: A Path Appears
S1 Ep1 | 3m 7s
Air Date: 01/26/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, January 26, February 2 & 9, 2015.
A Path Appears: Catalina of Cartagena
S1 Ep2 | 1m 51s
Air Date: 01/02/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 2 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 2, 2015.
A Path Appears: Protests in Port-au-Prince
S1 Ep2 | 1m 3s
Air Date: 01/02/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 2 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 2, 2015.
A Path Appears: The Cycle of Poverty in West Virginia
S1 Ep2 | 1m 57s
Air Date: 01/02/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 2 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 2, 2015.
A Path Appears: Battered in Atlanta
S1 Ep3 | 2m 8s
Air Date: 02/09/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 3 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 9, 2015.
A Path Appears: A SurvivorĺäĄ_s Story
S1 Ep3 | 3m 26s
Air Date: 01/09/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 3 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 9, 2015.
A Path Appears: A Girl Named Flevian
S1 Ep3 | 3m 17s
Air Date: 02/09/15 | Rating: TV-PG
A Path Appears Episode 3 premieres on PBS Independent Lens Monday, February 9, 2015.
Half the Sky: Desmond Tutu’s Message About Manmade Customs
1m 18s
Air Date: 03/01/12 | Rating: NR
Desmond Tutu explains how the world must recognize the talents of women and girls.
Women and Girls Lead: Meet Beverly
3m 24s
Air Date: 03/01/12 | Rating: NR
Beverly Kearney leads by example to mold young women into confident, fearless winners.
Women and Girls Lead: Meet Sonia
3m 9s
Air Date: 03/01/12 | Rating: NR
Sonia Castellanos's Con Mi MADRE organization has turned the Latina dropout rate around.
Women and Girls Lead: Melanne Verveer Web Exclusive
1m 14s
Air Date: 03/01/12 | Rating: NR
Melanne Verveer explains the payoff that comes from investing in women and girls.
Rose Mapendo Shares Her Story to Inspire Action
9m 47s
Air Date: 03/22/12 | Rating: NR
A Community Classroom companion to Pushing the Elephant.
Half the Sky: Jane Ngori Turns a House into a Home in Kenya
7m 37s
Air Date: 09/30/12 | Rating: NR
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women - premiering October 1 & 2
Lois Vossen on Curation at Sundance
3m 29s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: NR
A conversation with Independent Lens founding series producer, Lois Vossen, on Sundance.
New Frontier: Sparking Innovation at Sundance
1m 41s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: NR
Senior Sundance Programmer, Shari Frilot on curation behind the New Frontier.
God Loves Uganda: Sundance Premiere
3m 8s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: NR
A wrap report of the Sundance premiere of “God Loves Uganda” by Roger Ross Williams.
Outlawed in Pakistan: Sundance Premiere
2m 35s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
A wrap report on the Sundance premiere of the documentary “Outlawed in Pakistan.”
From Sundance to Oscar: Profile of Filmmaker David France
2m 23s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: TV-PG
An interview with the Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France.
The Boys of “American Promise”
2m 52s
Air Date: 01/24/13 | Rating: NR
A day in the life with the subjects of the documentary American Promise.
Bhutto: Democracy in Pakistan
6m 59s
Air Date: 01/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Examine how relations among the U.S., Pakistan, and India have shaped global politics.
Waste Land: Pictures of Garbage
3m 52s
Air Date: 01/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and his "Pictures of Garbage" inspired the film Wasteland.
Waste Land: Art and Transformation
8m 7s
Air Date: 01/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Travel to Jardim Gramacho - the world's largest landfill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Waste Land: Human Dignity
9m 32s
Air Date: 01/25/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Meet two garbage pickers in the world's largest landfill, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
When I Walk: Sundance Premiere
2m 42s
Air Date: 01/28/13 | Rating: NR
A wrap report on the Sundance premiere of the documentary When I Walk.
Sundance 2013: Film Fest Schmoozing in 5 Steps
1m 48s
Air Date: 01/28/13 | Rating: TV-PG
5 simple steps to the art of schmoozing at film festivals by Steve Goldbloom.
Copyright Criminals: Hip Hop Sampling
5m 33s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Learn about sampling and how it came to be widely used in the early days of hip-hop music.
Copyright Criminals: Can You Own a Sound?
5m 23s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Explore the foundations of copyright law and its response to hip-hop sampling in the 90s.
Copyright Criminals: Theft or Tribute
5m 50s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Legends Clyde Stubblefield and George Clinton discuss the sampling of their music.
Copyright Criminals: Sampling in Other Media
4m 47s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Before remix culture emerged, other forms of art and media have sampled and borrowed.
Hip-Hop: Overview & Images of Masculinity
7m 35s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Hear differing points of view about how gender is portrayed in hip hop music.
Hip-Hop: Gender Violence
4m 53s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Analyze misogyny and homophobic content in rap music lyrics and their effect on listeners.
Hip-Hop: Homophobia
5m 29s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
Consider how homophobia in hip-hop maintains a one-dimensional view of masculinity.
Hip-Hop: Media Literacy
5m 28s
Air Date: 02/04/13 | Rating: TV-PG
How are media images manufactured and marketed?
Fallen City: Sundance Premiere
2m 4s
Air Date: 02/06/13 | Rating: NR
A wrap report on the Sundance premiere of the documentary “Fallen City.”
Sen. Tim Kaine Introduces the Created Equal Project
2m 24s
Air Date: 02/19/13 | Rating: NR
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduces the Created Equal Project.
Coming to Community Cinema 2014
30s
Air Date: 10/12/14 | Rating: TV-PG
Community Cinema hosts free screenings and events for Independent Lens films.
Coming to Independent Lens Online: After the Storm
29s
Air Date: 04/26/15 | Rating: TV-PG
After the Storm premieres on Independent Lens Online on Monday, April 27, 2015.
Coming to Independent Lens Online: In the Shadow of Ebola
30s
Air Date: 06/21/15 | Rating: TV-G
In the Shadow of Ebola premieres on Independent Lens Online Monday, June 22, 2015.
What Is Indie Lens Pop-Up?
30s
Air Date: 09/22/15 | Rating: NR
Indie Lens Pop-Up gathers people for screenings and community-driven conversations.
Coming to Independent Lens in 2015/16
1m
Air Date: 11/09/15 | Rating: NR
The Emmy-winning Independent Lens returns this fall with a new slate of acclaimed films.
India’s Daughter: ĺ䥀_No Fear, No Shame, No RemorseĺäĄĺ
1m 40s
Air Date: 11/16/15 | Rating: NR
India’s Daughter premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 16, 2015.
India’s Daughter: ĺ䥀_To Teach Them a LessonĺäĄĺ
1m 30s
Air Date: 11/16/15 | Rating: NR
India’s Daughter premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 16, 2015.
Stray Dog: Find Your Way Back
2m 26s
Air Date: 11/09/15 | Rating: NR
Stray Dog premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 9, 2016.
The Black Panthers – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 02/16/16 | Rating: NR
The Black Panthers premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
The Black Panthers: Black Panther Style
1m 12s
Air Date: 02/16/16 | Rating: NR
The Black Panthers premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
The Black Panthers: Free Breakfast Program
1m 41s
Air Date: 02/16/16 | Rating: NR
The Black Panthers premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution: Women in the
2m
Air Date: 02/16/16 | Rating: NR
The Black Panthers premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 16, 2016.
Welhemina’s War: Teen Girl Struggles with HIV Status
2m 7s
Air Date: 02/08/16 | Rating: NR
Wilhemina's War premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 29, 2016.
Wilhemina’s War: Practicing (and Not Practicing) Safe Sex
2m 43s
Air Date: 02/08/16 | Rating: NR
Wilhemina's War premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 29, 2016.
Meet the Patels – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 12/12/16 | Rating: NR
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Meet the Patels – Patels Must Marry Patels – Clip
36s
Air Date: 12/26/16 | Rating: NR
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Meet the Patels – Unnecessary Pep Talk – Clip
1m 32s
Air Date: 12/26/16 | Rating: NR
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Meet the Patels – Patel Matrimonial Convention – Clip
1m 32s
Air Date: 12/26/16 | Rating: NR
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Independent Lens: Best and Most Beautiful Things – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 01/02/17 | Rating: NR
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 2, 2
Best and Most Beautiful Things – Blind Online vs IRL – Clip
1m 58s
Air Date: 01/02/17 | Rating: NR
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 2, 2
Best and Most Beautiful Things – Autism Speaking – Clips
2m 40s
Air Date: 01/02/17 | Rating: NR
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 2, 2
Best and Most Beautiful Things – A Flogger for Xmas – Clip
2m 29s
Air Date: 01/02/17 | Rating: NR
Best and Most Beautiful Things premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 2, 2
Containment – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 01/09/17 | Rating: NR
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
What Was Ours – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 01/16/17 | Rating: NR
What Was Ours premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 16, 2017.
The Witness – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 01/23/17 | Rating: NR
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
What Was Ours – Museum Casino Controversy – Clip
1m 53s
Air Date: 01/16/17 | Rating: NR
What Was Ours premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 16, 2017.
What Was Ours – Artifacts at the Field Museum – Clip
2m 5s
Air Date: 01/16/17 | Rating: NR
What Was Ours premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 16, 2017.
Containment – Nuclear Fishing – Clip
1m 29s
Air Date: 01/09/17 | Rating: NR
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Containment – Scenarios 10,000 Years in the Future – Clip
2m 12s
Air Date: 01/09/17 | Rating: NR
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
Containment – Material That Will Last 100,000 Years – Clip
1m 42s
Air Date: 01/09/17 | Rating: NR
Containment premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 9, 2017.
The Witness – Returning to Kitty’s Murder Scene – Clip
1m 25s
Air Date: 01/23/17 | Rating: NR
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
The Witness – Arranging to Meet His Sister’s Killer – Clip
1m
Air Date: 01/23/17 | Rating: NR
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
Independent Lens: Birth of a Movement – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 02/06/17 | Rating: NR
Birth of a Movement premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 6, 2017.
Accidental Courtesy – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 02/13/17 | Rating: NR
Accidental Courtesy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 13, 2017.
TOWER – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 02/14/17 | Rating: NR
TOWER premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
The Bad Kids – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 03/19/17 | Rating: NR
The Bad Kids premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 20, 2017.
Birth of a Movement – D.W. Griffith: Son of the South – Clip
1m 39s
Air Date: 02/06/17 | Rating: NR
Birth of a Movement premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 6, 2017.
Birth of a Movement – The Clansman – Clip
1m 22s
Air Date: 01/24/17 | Rating: NR
Birth of a Movement premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 6, 2017.
Birth of a Movement – Racial Pornography – Clip
53s
Air Date: 01/24/17 | Rating: NR
Birth of a Movement premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 6, 2017.
Accidental Courtesy – A Collection of Robes – Clip
1m 38s
Air Date: 01/31/17 | Rating: NR
Accidental Courtesy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 13, 2017.
Bill’s Obsession
1m 35s
Air Date: 01/10/17 | Rating: NR
The Witness premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, January 23, 2017.
National Bird – “You Said it Was Okay to Kill Them” – Clip
2m
Air Date: 04/30/17 | Rating: NR
National Bird premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 1, 2017.
National Bird – NSA Analyst Turned Activist – Clip
1m 31s
Air Date: 04/30/17 | Rating: NR
National Bird premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 1, 2017.
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 05/07/17 | Rating: NR
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 8, 2017
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes – Kanye on Cassette – Clip
1m 24s
Air Date: 05/07/17 | Rating: NR
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 8, 2017
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes – Garbage Jail – Clip
1m 42s
Air Date: 05/07/17 | Rating: NR
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 8, 2017
The Last Laugh – Trailer
29s
Air Date: 04/24/17
The Last Laugh premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 24, 2017.
The Last Laugh – Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Comedy and Dar
1m 20s
Air Date: 04/24/17
The Last Laugh premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 24, 2017.
The Last Laugh – My Revenge Against Hitler – Clip
1m 27s
Air Date: 04/24/17
The Last Laugh premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 24, 2017.
Forever Pure – Trailer
30s
Air Date: 05/15/17
Forever Pure premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 15, 2017.
Forever Pure – Beitar’s Billionaire Owner – Clip
2m 5s
Air Date: 05/15/17
Forever Pure premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 15, 2017.
Forever Pure – “We Have Arabs in Our Team?” – Clip
1m 50s
Air Date: 05/15/17
Forever Pure premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 15, 2017.
The Last Laugh – From the Holocaust to Rwanda – Clip
1m 37s
Air Date: 04/24/17
The Last Laugh premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, April 24, 2017.
National Bird – Borders Don’t Matter Anymore – Clip
2m 19s
Air Date: 04/30/17 | Rating: NR
National Bird premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 1, 2017.
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes – From Coal to Prison – Clip
1m 48s
Air Date: 05/07/17 | Rating: NR
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 8, 2017
Real Boy – A Family Thanksgiving, Apart – Clip
2m 49s
Air Date: 06/20/17
Real Boy premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, June 19, 2017.
Sentencing Children: Cyntoia’s Story
7m 49s
Air Date: 08/14/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series focusing on juvenile justice laws.
Sentencing Children: The Appeal
6m 49s
Air Date: 08/13/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series focusing on juvenile justice laws.
Sentencing Children: The Bill
5m 36s
Air Date: 08/12/17
Sentencing Children: The Bill explores Tennessee's proposed juvenile justice reform law.
Sentencing Children: The Interrogation Process
7m 45s
Air Date: 08/11/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series about juvenile justice laws.
Sentencing Children: Reforming State Sentencing Laws
5m 14s
Air Date: 08/10/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series about juvenile justice laws.
Sentencing Children: Andrea Conte and Victim Advocacy
6m 30s
Air Date: 08/09/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series about juvenile justice laws.
Sentencing Children: From Teenage Inmate to Teen Mentor
6m
Air Date: 08/07/17
Part of the "Sentencing Children" series about juvenile justice laws.
The Kansas Experiment: Part I
4m 48s
Air Date: 04/09/18
Part I of the 3-part "Kansas Experiment" short documentary series.
The Kansas Experiment: Part II
5m 47s
Air Date: 04/27/18
Part II of "Kansas Experiment" series looks at how tax cuts affected state health care.
The Kansas Experiment: Part III
6m 6s
Air Date: 04/28/18
Final part of the "Kansas Experiment" looks at how tax cuts affected small businesses.
Upcoming Schedule
Sun 05/19
1:00 AM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
The Donut King
The life story of Christy's Donuts founder Ted Ngoy, who built a multimillion-dollar company in the U.S. after fleeing Cambodia.
Sun 05/19
11:00 PM
KVIE HD 6.1
Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women.
Wed 05/22
4:00 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Free Chol Soo Lee
Sentenced to death for a 1973 murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Americans helps to overturn his conviction.
Wed 05/22
5:30 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
The Tuba Thieves
Exploring the role of sound and what it means to listen.
Wed 05/22
9:00 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Free Chol Soo Lee
Sentenced to death for a 1973 murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Americans helps to overturn his conviction.
Wed 05/22
10:30 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
The Tuba Thieves
Exploring the role of sound and what it means to listen.
Thu 05/23
5:00 AM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Free Chol Soo Lee
Sentenced to death for a 1973 murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese and Chinese Americans helps to overturn his conviction.
Thu 05/23
6:30 AM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
The Tuba Thieves
Exploring the role of sound and what it means to listen.
Sun 05/26
7:00 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Beyond Utopia
Stories of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea.
Sun 05/26
11:00 PM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Beyond Utopia
Stories of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea.
Sun 05/26
11:00 PM
KVIE HD 6.1
Independent Lens
The Tuba Thieves
Exploring the role of sound and what it means to listen.
Mon 05/27
7:00 AM
KVIE World 6.3
Independent Lens
Beyond Utopia
Stories of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea.
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