Independent Lens

IMDb TVDB Trailer
  • :
  • : 534
  • : 24
  • PBS
  • 22
  • Documentary Drama

:

.

7
7x1
Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
Episode overview
“One Nation Under a Groove,” a profile of Parliament Funkadelic that features animation (including an “Afronaut” character voiced by Eddie Griffin) to explore P-Funk's unique mix of rock .. show full overview
7x2
En Route to Baghdad
Episode overview
Vieira de Mello, who devoted his life to global humanitarian efforts, was killed in Iraq in 2003.
7x3
The Last Cowboy
Episode overview
Vernon Sager is a cowboy struggling to survive in Porcupine, South Dakota, in this story of real cowboys and Indians living in the middle of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Winters .. show full overview
7x4
A Family at War
Episode overview
When one American family loses their son in the Iraq war, their lives -- and views -- are irrevocably changed. Danish filmmakers follow the Kaylor family over the course of a year, .. show full overview
7x5
Mirror Dance
Episode overview
Identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saa became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister left for .. show full overview
7x6
Race is the Place
Episode overview
How do American artists address our nation's most pressing social issue? Using spoken, sung and chanted word, African American, Latino, Asian American and Native American authors, .. show full overview
7x7
Maid in America
Episode overview
As three of the thousands of Latina immigrants working as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, Judith, Telma and Eva have all left family and friends behind to come to America. This .. show full overview
7x8
Seoul Train
Episode overview
This film explores the plight of North Korean refugees trying to escape their homeland and China, and tells the story of activists who put themselves in harm's way to save them via a clandestine underground railroad.
7x9
Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community
Episode overview
This documentary follows the lives of the women of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. The story is told by the Sisters themselves -- at work, prayer and leisure -- as they .. show full overview
7x10
Short Stack: Lost & Found
Episode overview
They don't make "buddy movies" like this in Hollywood. Independent Lens presents five short films that focus on a pivotal moment in a friendship: "Agora," by Christopher Newberry; "John .. show full overview
7x11
Sheriff
Episode overview
With the help of God, guns and the hundreds of blood relatives that populate his jurisdiction, Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett oversees Brunswick County, North Carolina, a rural region fraught .. show full overview
7x12
Girl Trouble
Episode overview
Shot over four years, GIRL TROUBLE is the story of three girls entangled in San Francisco's juvenile justice system. Documenting the girls' remarkable successes and heartbreaking .. show full overview
7x13
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Episode overview
Credited with inspiring the Black Power movement, Robert Williams led his North Carolina hometown to defend itself against the Ku Klux Klan and challenge repressive Jim Crow laws. This .. show full overview
7x14
July '64
Episode overview
In the summer of 1964, a three-night riot erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, New York, the culmination of decades of poverty, joblessness and racial .. show full overview
7x15
Almost Home
Episode overview
Shot on location in a nursing home, ALMOST HOME tells the real stories of aging: couples both bonded and divided by disability, children torn between caring for their parents and their .. show full overview
7x16
The Loss of Nameless Things
Episode overview
In 1978, Oakley Hall was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition when a mysterious fall violently transformed his life. This program is the haunting story of a young .. show full overview
7x17
Troop 1500
Episode overview
A Girl Scout troop unites daughters with mothers convicted of serious crimes in a Texas prison.
7x18
Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City
Episode overview
They faced death threats on the job -- from some of the men they worked with. With the story of Lt. Brenda Berkman of the Fire Department of New York at its core, this film explores the .. show full overview
7x19
Trudell
Episode overview
Native American activist and poet John Trudell fuses radical politics with music, writing and art.
7x20
La Sierra
Episode overview
La Sierra, a small neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia, is ruled by a group of young men, mostly teenagers, affiliated with Colombia's illegal paramilitary armies. Over one year, this .. show full overview
7x21
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Episode overview
Tracing the history of professional bowling in America, from its glory days in the 1950s to its near extinction by the late 1990s, this program follows four pro bowlers as Professional .. show full overview
7x22
Music from the Inside Out
Episode overview
The intersection of art and life are at the core of this program, a musical journey featuring the 105 musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The film focuses on the mystery and magic .. show full overview
7x23
Fishbowl / American Made
Episode overview
FISHBOWL: In the sleepy plantation town of Hilo, Hawaii, 11-year-old Lovey is trying to be anything but herself. In this dramatic short adapted from Lois-Ann Yamanaka's "Wild Meat and .. show full overview
7x24
Frozen Angels
Episode overview
This program presents the future of human reproduction available today in Los Angeles. With dreamlike cinematography, the film takes a roller-coaster ride through the business of DNA .. show full overview
7x25
The Devil's Miner
Episode overview
Two young Bolivian brothers brave deadly conditions in mining tunnels to earn money for school.
7x26
The Great Pink Scare
Episode overview
Explores the fierce clash between an individual's right to privacy & concerns for national security.
7x27
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Episode overview
This is the epic tale of Farmer John, a maverick Midwestern farmer who -- in spite of the condemnation from his community -- bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious .. show full overview
7x28
A Lion in the House: Part 1
Episode overview
This inspiring film follows five children as they fight cancer with the help of their families, nurses and doctors. This harrowing and intimate series spans six years to chronicle how .. show full overview
7x29
A Lion in the House: Part 2
Episode overview
This inspiring film follows five children as they fight cancer with the help of their families, nurses and doctors. This harrowing and intimate series spans six years to chronicle how .. show full overview

Characters