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.
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S21 E6: Unlikely Allies | First Rainbow CoalitionIn this excerpt from The First Rainbow Coalition, be a fly on the wall at a ...In this excerpt from The First Rainbow Coalition, be a fly on the wall at a first meeting in Chicago in the 1960s, between three wholly different activist groups -- Black Panthers, led by the ... -
S21 E7: When the FBI Detained My Son | Accept the CallIn this excerpt from Accept the Call, Yusuf Abdurahman, a father who left ...In this excerpt from Accept the Call, Yusuf Abdurahman, a father who left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota, receives a shocking call from the FBI telling him his son Zach was ... -
American Nomads Ep. 6Led by Bob Wells, thousands of people gather in the Arizona desert for the ...Led by Bob Wells, thousands of people gather in the Arizona desert for the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous (RTR), an annual two week rally for van and RV dwellers. With stagnant wages and rising home prices, ... -
American Nomads Ep. 5Living in a van is a tricky feat on its own; throw in attending college full ...Living in a van is a tricky feat on its own; throw in attending college full time, in a sometimes-unforgiving city, and things get even more complicated. Young African American couple Lovell and ... -
American Nomads Ep. 4Guisepi once discovered the magic of spontaneous gatherings while cooking dinner ...Guisepi once discovered the magic of spontaneous gatherings while cooking dinner in the back of his pickup truck on Hollywood Boulevard. He now lives aboard his mobile tea house, a converted school ... -
American Nomads Ep. 3Kate and Ellen spend their days traveling America turning Airstreams into chic ...Kate and Ellen spend their days traveling America turning Airstreams into chic tiny homes. After living on a "little island in a really unaccepting sea," as they call the town they lived in, they now ... -
American Nomads Ep. 2Crystal left her old life behind to seek financial independence living in her ...Crystal left her old life behind to seek financial independence living in her van. She's developed a significant following on YouTube as one of the few African American vandwellers sharing her ... -
American Nomads Ep. 1Bob Wells lives in a refurbished van. After hitting a new low in the wake of a ...Bob Wells lives in a refurbished van. After hitting a new low in the wake of a divorce, with no money to lean on, Bob found a new lease on life when he hit the road in his van for the last ten years, ... -
S21 E5: "Rich Man's Sport" | ATTLAIn a scene from ATTLA, the grand-nephew of legendary Alaska Native dogsled racer ...In a scene from ATTLA, the grand-nephew of legendary Alaska Native dogsled racer George Attla reflects on growing up not fully appreciating how much of a champion his great uncle was, in a culture ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 6All three Indigenous chefs featured in alter-NATIVE: Kitchen come together to ...All three Indigenous chefs featured in alter-NATIVE: Kitchen come together to prepare a multi-course meal of Native cuisine for a select group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Los Angeles, ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 5Seattle-based chef Hillel Echo-Hawk focuses on traditional Pawnee foods, before ...Seattle-based chef Hillel Echo-Hawk focuses on traditional Pawnee foods, before Columbus and colonization, which means no dairy, no chicken, no processed sugar. Her all-Native catering company ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 4Kalā Domingo, a culinary student in Hawaii, cooks with his caterer father for ...Kalā Domingo, a culinary student in Hawaii, cooks with his caterer father for an Indigenous conference in Maui and a reception in Oahu, where they make dishes like Hō'i'o/Pohole salad, 'uala ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 3In traditional Hawaiian culture, it was important for food to take you closer to ...In traditional Hawaiian culture, it was important for food to take you closer to the Gods. Come to Oahu, Hawai'i, where young chef Kalā Domingo, a culinary student who works for his caterer father, ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 2Traveling chef Brian Yazzie brings Native cuisine back home to the Navajo Nation ...Traveling chef Brian Yazzie brings Native cuisine back home to the Navajo Nation in Arizona. There he looks for truly Indigenous ingredients, as even "classic" Native comfort foods like fry bread have ... -
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 1Brian Yazzie, a Diné/Navajo traveling chef, does presentations demonstrating ...Brian Yazzie, a Diné/Navajo traveling chef, does presentations demonstrating Native cooking across the country while mentoring Native youth. Brian uses modern techniques with Indigenous ingredients, ... -
S21 E4: No Mosquitos, No Fish | Conscience PointIn a scene from Conscience Point, off the coast of the Hamptons a Long Island ...In a scene from Conscience Point, off the coast of the Hamptons a Long Island bayman shows how much fish and shellfish populations have been reduced due to mosquito control, harming the ecosystem and ... -
Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 3A same-sex couple shares their surrogacy journey and parenting story with ...A same-sex couple shares their surrogacy journey and parenting story with Cristino, a 24-year-old gay man who isn't at all sure if he wants kids. Jeff and Tom prod Cristino by asking "would you have ... -
Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 4Tasha, a single 50-year-old woman going through in vitro fertilization, debates ...Tasha, a single 50-year-old woman going through in vitro fertilization, debates Nikki, a 27-year old mother who got pregnant as a teen--and at the time thought she'd made a huge mistake. Nikki's not ... -
Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 5What's it mean to be childfree by choice, compared to ending up childless? ...What's it mean to be childfree by choice, compared to ending up childless? Frequently worrying about how his life would be "over" if he had kids, Cameron had panic attacks when almost becoming a ... -
Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 2Kelsey, a single, bisexual, childfree-by-choice woman from Indiana meets her ...Kelsey, a single, bisexual, childfree-by-choice woman from Indiana meets her polar opposite in Cameron, a Mormon father of 5 living in Brooklyn, to debate difficult topics around child-rearing on a ... -
Should We Kid or Not? Ep. 1Two women in their early '30s have a powerful conversation about their ...Two women in their early '30s have a powerful conversation about their reproductive choices: Lizbeth, married, Mexican American and from a Catholic family, is unsure if she wants kids; while Ann ...
