Skip to main content
Back to Show
Independent Lens

Newtown - "We Don't Have a Teacher" - Clip

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Newtown, Gene Rosen, a neighbor of Sandy Hook Elementary School, recalls his experience in 2012 finding two boys on his lawn who escaped the shooting at their school and had lost their teacher, while Syeda Suriya Ahmed, mother of a first grader who survived the shooting, recounts how her son's teacher told his class a story when locked in their classr

Support Provided By
Season
Latinx Voices
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:02
How the turbulent history of her architect father's iconic building reflects Brazil's own struggles.
The In Between
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:23:21
A filmmaker returns to her hometown on the U.S.-Mexico border to reflect on growing up fronterizo.
Inside Our Legal System
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:24:40
How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest.
Without Arrows
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:25
A champion grass dancer returns home after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture.
Minted
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:16:04
The rise and fall of the NFT phenomenon that transformed the art world.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5
Unlock with PBS Passport
48:03
The final episode of Dallas, 2019 poses the question: What does it mean to be alive?
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4
Unlock with PBS Passport
54:56
A judge and a D.A. both aim to bring reform and empathy to a complex and disparate justice system.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3
Unlock with PBS Passport
50:23
Three diverse spirits with longstanding Texas roots struggle with their place in the world.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2
Unlock with PBS Passport
51:41
A graduating high school student, superintendent, and county sheriff all strive for a better future.
Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1
Unlock with PBS Passport
52:03
Episode 1 of Dallas, 2019 shows workers navigating a city in crisis after a tornado.
Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:25:41
A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow Marines.
Our Community
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:16:37
Unravel the complexities of the Electoral College through four 2020 presidential electors.
Active loading indicator