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Independent Lens
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Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.
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21 this season · 560 totals21e01 Made in Boise 2019-10-29 02:00
s21e02 Decade of Fire 2019-11-05 03:00
s21e03 The Interpreters 2019-11-12 03:00
The Interpreters
The Interpreters is a poignant but tense portrayal of a very human and high-stakes side of war's aftermath. It's the story of how Afghan and Iraqi interpreters risked their lives aiding American troops--but then became the people we left behind and are now in danger themselves.
s21e04 Conscience Point 2019-11-19 03:00
s21e05 ATTLA 2019-12-17 03:00
s21e06 American Nomads 2020-01-15 03:00
s21e07 Accept the Call 2020-01-21 03:00
s21e08 The First Rainbow Coalition 2020-01-28 03:00
s21e09 Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2020-02-04 03:00
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
s21e10 Leftover Women 2020-02-11 03:00
s21e11 Blind Love 2020-02-15 03:00
s21e12 We Believe In Dinosaurs 2020-02-18 03:00
s21e13 Always in Season 2020-02-25 03:00
Always in Season
Always in Season follows the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging from a swing set in North Carolina. His death was ruled a suicide, but Lennon's mother and family believe he was lynched. The film chronicles her quest to learn the truth and takes a closer look at the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans.
s21e14 One Child Nation 2020-03-31 02:00
s21e15 Bedlam 2020-04-14 02:00
s21e16 The Hottest August 2020-04-21 02:00
The Hottest August
Brett Story's critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the specter of climate change without ever mentioning it, spotlighting ordinary New Yorkers as they share their anxieties about what the future holds while bracing for what could be one of the hottest months on record.
s21e17 Jim Allison: Breakthrough 2020-04-28 02:00
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing scientist from a small town in Texas who triumphed over a doubtful medical establishment to save innumerable lives around the world and win the Nobel Prize.