Independent Lens

  • Premiered: Aug 1999
  • Episodes: 530
  • Followers: 24
  • Running
  • PBS
  • Monday at 22
  • Documentary Drama

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Season 25
25x1
Matter of Mind: My ALS
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May 01, 2023
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25x1
Sansón and Me
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Sep 19, 2023
Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes is inspired to make a documentary about Sansón, an immigrant serving life for first-degree murder, but authorities won’t allow the incarcerated young man to be .. show full overview
25x2
El Equipo
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Oct 09, 2023
Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in .. show full overview
25x3
Three Chaplains
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Nov 06, 2023
Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military support and defend the religious rights of all service members. But their leadership sparks accusations of disloyalty and even disapproval from .. show full overview
25x4
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 1
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Nov 13, 2023
A south Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when a local mosque is burned down in an apparent hate crime. After the media moves on, the community is left to reflect on its complex history with racism.
25x5
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2
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Nov 13, 2023
With the arson trial near, the suspect’s family argues his innocence. Meanwhile, facets of Victoria reveal the ingredients that might have turned him to hate and support for the town’s Muslim community begins to wane.
25x6
A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3
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Nov 14, 2023
The prosecution presents shocking evidence. As the trial concludes, the engaged citizens of Victoria seek a way to build a more inclusive community.
25x5
Racist Trees
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Air date
Jan 22, 2024
With the arson trial near, the suspect’s family argues his innocence. Meanwhile, facets of Victoria reveal the ingredients that might have turned him to hate and support for the town’s Muslim community begins to wane.
25x8
Racist Trees
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Jan 22, 2024
Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, .. show full overview
25x6
Razing Liberty Square
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Jan 29, 2024
The prosecution presents shocking evidence. As the trial concludes, the engaged citizens of Victoria seek a way to build a more inclusive community.
25x7
Sister Una Lived a Good Death
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Feb 05, 2024
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25x7
Breaking the News
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Feb 19, 2024
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25x13
A Thousand Pines
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Apr 01, 2024
Over the course of a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees throughout the United States. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical .. show full overview
25x14
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's
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Apr 08, 2024
Three individuals navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson's disease.
25x15
One With the Whale
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Apr 23, 2024
An Alaska Native family maintains a subsistence life on a tiny Bering Sea island where, if you don't hunt, you die.
25x16
Space: The Longest Goodbye
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May 06, 2024
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a three-year-long mission to Mars.
25x17
The Tuba Thieves
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Air date
May 20, 2024
The central mystery of this unconventional documentary isn't about theft; it's about the nature of sound itself.

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