Independent Lens

Authentic stories. Extraordinary people.

Episodes

  • Home Court: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Home Court

    S26 Ep14 |
    The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy.
  • One With the Whale: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    One With the Whale

    S25 Ep15 |
    For Native Alaskans living on a tiny Bering Sea island, if you don’t hunt, you die.
  • Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

    S25 Ep14 |
    Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.
  • A Thousand Pines: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    A Thousand Pines

    S25 Ep13 |
    A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.
  • Greener Pastures: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Greener Pastures

    S25 Ep12 |
    Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
  • Breaking The News: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Breaking The News

    S25 Ep11 |
    Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
  • Sister Úna Lived a Good Death: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

    S25 Ep10 |
    A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
  • Razing Liberty Square: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Razing Liberty Square

    S25 Ep9 |
    A public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for climate gentrification.
  • Racist Trees: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Racist Trees

    S25 Ep8 |
    In Palm Springs, a Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.

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.
  • Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2

    Pani puri, pakoras, and… pageants? Indian food in Southern Virginia.
  • Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1

    What do truckers and tandooris have in common? Actor Rupak Ginn finds out.
  • Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

    A filmmaker seeks a cure for her climate anxiety with eco-therapy.
  • Maletero: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Maletero

    Porters deliver precious cargo across the U.S.-Mexico border to keep families connected.
  • Underground: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Underground

    Survivors of subway harassment share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma.
  • The Command Center to Bring Women Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Command Center to Bring Women Home

    An imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for comfort and healing.
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    Brother

    A filmmaker's brother opens up about his recovery from opioid use disorder.
  • Our League: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Our League

    A transgender woman comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league.

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