Independent Lens
Airing weekly on PBS, the five-time Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is an independent film festival in your living room. Each week we introduce a new documentary film from among the best independent filmmakers working today.
ALL VIDEOS (388)
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S21 E19: Trailer | Pipe DreamsPipe Dreams challenges preconceived notions about an age-old instrument—the ...Pipe Dreams challenges preconceived notions about an age-old instrument—the pipe organ—while introducing viewers to a new generation of passionate, talented young organists in the intense lead up ... -
S21 E18: TV's Power to Influence | RecorderIn this excerpt from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, activist and prolific ...In this excerpt from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, activist and prolific archivist Marion Stokes first becomes cognizant of the power of television to inform —or misinform—people when she ... -
S21 E19: Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes ProjectA fiercely intelligent activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, ...A fiercely intelligent activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television ... -
S21 E17: Eating Up EasterMore than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, or ...More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Directed by native Rapa Nui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Eating Up ... -
S21 E17: Floating International Trash | Eating Up EasterIn this excerpt from Eating Up Easter, isolated Rapa Nui or Easter Island, 2,500 ...In this excerpt from Eating Up Easter, isolated Rapa Nui or Easter Island, 2,500 miles from the mainland, has to find creative solutions (like shipping recycling out) to get rid of excess trash piling ... -
S21 E8: "I Was Just a Little Kid" | RewindIn this excerpt from Rewind, filmmaker Sasha Neulinger and his mother revisit ...In this excerpt from Rewind, filmmaker Sasha Neulinger and his mother revisit his childhood through powerful home movies to pinpoint the period he went from outgoing, gifted kindergartner to sullen ... -
S21 E17: Trailer | Eating Up EasterMore than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, or ...More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Directed by native Rapa Nui filmmaker Sergio Mata’u Rapu, Eating Up ... -
S21 E8: Trailer | RewindMade up of home video footage that reveals a long-kept secret, Sasha Joseph ...Made up of home video footage that reveals a long-kept secret, Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s Rewind is a brave and wrenching look at his childhood and his journey to reconcile his past. By probing the ... -
S21 E8: RewindMade up of home video footage that reveals a long-kept secret, Sasha Joseph ...Made up of home video footage that reveals a long-kept secret, Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s Rewind is a brave and wrenching look at his childhood and his journey to reconcile his past. By probing the ... -
S21 E16: The Wondrous T-Cell | Jim Allison: BreakthroughIn this excerpt from Jim Allison: Breakthrough, while young medical student ...In this excerpt from Jim Allison: Breakthrough, while young medical student Allison was meeting his future wife at the University of Texas in Austin, he was also becoming fascinated by an important ... -
S21 E16: Trailer | Jim Allison: BreakthroughThe story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure ...The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing ... -
SIGN IN TO WATCHS21 E15: Jim Allison: BreakthroughThe story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure ...The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing ... -
S21 E15: Survive for the Next Day | The Hottest AugustIn this excerpt from The Hottest August, two New Yorkers -- an artist/designer ...In this excerpt from The Hottest August, two New Yorkers -- an artist/designer in his studio and a naturalist on his boat in Jamaica Bay -- are asked about their futures and the planet's. The designer ... -
S21 E15: Trailer | The Hottest AugustBrett Story’s critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the ...Brett Story’s critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the specter of climate change without ever mentioning it, spotlighting ordinary New Yorkers as they share their anxieties ... -
SIGN IN TO WATCHS21 E14: The Hottest AugustBrett Story’s critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the ...Brett Story’s critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the specter of climate change without ever mentioning it, spotlighting ordinary New Yorkers as they share their anxieties ... -
S21 E14: Jails for Mental Illness | BedlamAmerica's three largest jails are also its three largest psychiatric treatment ...America's three largest jails are also its three largest psychiatric treatment facilities. In this excerpt from Bedlam, while one person with mental illness faces a long wait in jail before finding ... -
S21 E14: Trailer | BedlamShot over the course of five years, Bedlam examines the mental health crisis ...Shot over the course of five years, Bedlam examines the mental health crisis through intimate stories of those people who are in-and-out of overwhelmed and under-resourced psych emergency rooms, jails ... -
S21 E13: The Baby Recruiting Network | One Child NationIn this excerpt from One Child Nation, Brian Stuy, Utah-based co-founder of ...In this excerpt from One Child Nation, Brian Stuy, Utah-based co-founder of Research China and father to three adopted girls from China, explains how a "recruiting network" worked to find and bring ... -
S21 E13: One Child Nation - TrailerAfter the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to ...After the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to speak with her family and explore the ripple effect of that country's devastating social experiment, the one-child policy. ... -
S21 E12: "Like a Lynching" | Always in SeasonIn this excerpt from the film Always in Season, Pierre Lacy, brother of Lennon ...In this excerpt from the film Always in Season, Pierre Lacy, brother of Lennon Lacy, recalls the awful day he learned of his brother's death. Pierre is convinced Lennon did not commit suicide, despite ... -
S21 E12: "He Had too Much to Live For" | Always in SeasonIn this excerpt from the film Always in Season, Lennon Lacy's mother Claudia ...In this excerpt from the film Always in Season, Lennon Lacy's mother Claudia remembers her son, and the very last time she saw him before his shocking death. "He had too much to live for," she says, ...
