Independent Lens

Authentic stories. Extraordinary people.

Episodes

  • Who is Michael Jang?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Who is Michael Jang?

    S26 Ep19 |
    An elusive photographer uses street art tactics to share his previously unknown work with the world.
  • Pipe Dreams: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Pipe Dreams

    S21 Ep19 |
    Talented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.
  • True Conviction: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    True Conviction

    S19 Ep19 |
    Watch this film up to May 28th.
  • Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

    S21 Ep18 |
    Reclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth.
  • Rat Film: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Rat Film

    S19 Ep10 |
    Uses the rat to burrow into the dark, complicated history of Baltimore.
  • Eating Up Easter: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Eating Up Easter

    S21 Ep17 |
    The challenge to protect remote Rapa Nui culture and environment from modernization.
  • Rewind: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Rewind

    S21 Ep16 |
    Rewind paints a vivid but hopeful portrait of a family plagued by a cycle of abuse.
  • Jim Allison: Breakthrough: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Jim Allison: Breakthrough

    S21 Ep15 |
    The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.
  • The Hottest August: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Hottest August

    S21 Ep14 |
    Ordinary New Yorkers share their anxieties about the future while bracing for record heat.

Specials

  • Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6

    Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America.

About Independent Lens

Authentic stories. Extraordinary people.

Extras

  • Always Something New to Discover on Monday Nights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Always Something New to Discover on Monday Nights

  • Find the Unexpected on Monday Nights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Find the Unexpected on Monday Nights

  • Solar Mamas: Culture Shock and Curiosity at the Barefoot Col: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Solar Mamas: Culture Shock and Curiosity at the Barefoot Col

  • The Sky's the Limit for the Women of Barefoot College : asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Sky's the Limit for the Women of Barefoot College

  • Can a Church Preach Love and Discriminate at the Same Time? : asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Can a Church Preach Love and Discriminate at the Same Time?

  • Love Free or Die: Bishop Robinson on Persevering in the Face: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Love Free or Die: Bishop Robinson on Persevering in the Face

  • Independent Lens Season Highlights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Independent Lens Season Highlights

  • Half the Sky: Diane Lane on Somaliland's Edna Adan Maternity: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Half the Sky: Diane Lane on Somaliland's Edna Adan Maternity

  • Half the Sky: Treating Fistulas at Edna Adan Hospital: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Half the Sky: Treating Fistulas at Edna Adan Hospital

  • Community Classroom Makes Learning Cinematic: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Community Classroom Makes Learning Cinematic

  • Stanley Tucci to Host New Season of Independent Lens : asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Stanley Tucci to Host New Season of Independent Lens

  • Women and Girls Lead: Meet Brionna: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Women and Girls Lead: Meet Brionna