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Independent Lens 2017-2018 Season - Trailer
Independent Lens returns November 6 for its 2017-18 season, premiering with Chasing Trane, a portrait of jazz great John Coltrane. Other highlights include the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro; The Force, an inside look at Oakland’s troubled police department; Unrest, about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and Dolores, a moving portrait of pioneering labor and women’s rights activist Dolores Huerta.
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How 1960s Montreal helped shape the global movement for Black liberation.
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Behind the Kentucky Derby's glamour, unseen workers keep racing’s biggest stage running.
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A filmmaker seeks belonging in the little people community and explores dwarfism within her family.
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An Amish sexual assault survivor breaks her silence, sparking a movement for justice and reform.
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Meet Barbara Jordan: a civil rights icon whose powerful voice masked a complex private life.
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When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means to see.
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Librarians across the U.S. examine how restrictions on library content are shaping communities.
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A filmmaker investigates assisted dying through the lens of disabled voices missing from the debate.