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.
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    Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

    S26 Ep2 |
    A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow Marines.
  • One Person, One Vote?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    One Person, One Vote?

    S26 Ep1 |
    Unravel the complexities of the Electoral College through four 2020 presidential electors.
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    Season Extras

    S26 Ep20 |
    Sizzles and such
  • The Tuba Thieves: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Tuba Thieves

    S25 Ep17 |
    The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is the nature of sound itself.
  • Space: The Longest Goodbye: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Space: The Longest Goodbye

    S25 Ep16 |
    NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
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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.
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    A Thousand Pines

    S25 Ep13 |
    A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.

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.
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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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