Up Next
Back to Show
Independent Lens
Pushing the Elephant: First Day of School
This film module follows Congolese refugee Nangabire on her first day of school in the U.S. We see her sense of isolation in a new environment, where she can't speak the language and doesn't know the culture. In a conversation with her mother, she also reveals her side of the story of being separated from her mother and siblings for the past 10 years after they left the DRC as refugees.
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:43:28
Hazing reveals the tradition of underground rituals that are abusive and sometimes deadly.
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:19
An activist detective searches for missing migrants in rural South Texas.
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:48
Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:10
Two activists fight to hold the chemical industry accountable for a devastating legacy.
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
A Muslim mortician uses the rituals of death to teach two troubled teenagers how to live better lives.
55:45
The murder of a police sergeant tests the D.A.’s resolve to never seek the death penalty.
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:35:39
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who led the fight for racial and labor justice.
1:24:48
Meet the Patels premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, December 26, 2016.
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:02
Part Two of The Graduates
Unlock with PBS Passport
51:01
Primera parte de Los Graduados
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:32
Part One of The Graduates