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Trailer | Independent Lens Fall 2021 Season
Independent Lens is America’s home for documentaries, airing Mondays on PBS. Watch live or stream anytime on the PBS Video app.
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1:25:44
Meet Ernest Withers, iconic African American civil rights photographer—and FBI informant.
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1:25:44
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream.
1:25:13
The passage of the first-ever reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
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1:22:50
A Venezuelan youth orchestra tests the power of music amidst poverty and politics.
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1:22:17
A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability.
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1:24:57
Gen Z influencers and experts help dissect influential social media platform TikTok.
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1:43:28
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly.
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55:48
Indigenous teens going to a remote school on Navajo Nation reservation plan their futures.
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1:23:29
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
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1:25:48
Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
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1:25:51
Meet the Donut King, the Cambodian refugee who built a multi-million-dollar empire baking.
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55:45
Frustrated Krasner supporters warn he must accelerate plans to phase out cash bail.