Independent Lens

  • Premiered: Aug 1999
  • Episodes: 534
  • Followers: 24
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Monday at 22
  • Documentary Drama

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Season 23
23x1
Cured
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 2021
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be “cured," LGBTQ+ activists fought back.
23x2
Ferguson Rises
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Air date
Nov 08, 2021
Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice after a white police officer kills his son in Ferguson.
23x3
Storm Lake
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Air date
Nov 15, 2021
Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
23x4
Duty Free
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Air date
Nov 22, 2021
Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures.
23x5
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle
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Air date
Nov 23, 2021
130 years after Native American boys died at an Indian boarding school, their tribe tries to bring them home.
23x6
A Reckoning in Boston
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Air date
Jan 17, 2022
A white filmmaker collaborates with Clemente Course students of color to reckon with Boston's racial history.
23x7
Missing in Brooks County
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Air date
Jan 31, 2022
The deadliest part of a migrant's journey is just beyond the border. For those missing, one man offers a last hope.
23x8
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
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Feb 07, 2022
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23x9
Bulletproof
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Feb 14, 2022
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23x10
Apart
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Feb 21, 2022
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23x11
Writing With Fire
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Mar 28, 2022
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23x12
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
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Air date
Apr 04, 2022
What is the science behind consciousness? Six brilliant researchers from around the world—a brain scientist, a plant behaviorist, a healer, a philosophy professor, a psychedelics .. show full overview
23x13
Try Harder!
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Air date
May 02, 2022
At Lowell High School, San Francisco's academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and .. show full overview
23x14
When Claude Got Shot
Episode overview
Air date
May 09, 2022
After getting shot in the face by a 15-year-old, Claude's path to recovery leads to forgiveness.

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