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Independent Lens: Season 13

27 episodes · premiered Oct 13, 2011

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  1. Episode 1: Wham! Bam! Islam! Oct 13, 2011 · 1h Episode Synopsis: Season 13 premieres with new host Mary-Louise Parker introducing "Wham! Bam! Islam," about the challenges involving "The 99," a comic book about Muslim superheroes…
  2. Episode 2: Donor Unknown Oct 20, 2011 · 1h Episode Synopsis: "Donor Unknown" charts the story of 20-year-old JoEllen Marsh, who was raised by two mothers in Pennsylvania, as she searches for her sperm-donor father, known only as…
  3. Episode 3: Lives Worth Living Oct 27, 2011 · 1h "Lives Worth Living" tells the story of the disability rights movement in America, which began after WWII when disabled veterans returned home; and culminated in 1990 with the passage of…
  4. Episode 4: Deaf Jam Nov 3, 2011 · 1h "Deaf Jam" chronicles the experiences of Aneta Brodski, a deaf Israeli teen living in New York, as she moves from American Sign Language poetry, where body movements convey meaning, into…
  5. Episode 5: We Still Live Here -- as Nutayunean Nov 17, 2011 · 1h Anne Makepeace's "We Still Live Here—As Nutayunean" tells the story of linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird's work to resurrect the long-forgotten language of the Wampanoag (the Native…
  6. Episode 6: The Woodmans Dec 22, 2011 · 1h "The Woodmans" charts the short life of influential photographer Francesca Woodman, who took her own life in 1981 at the age of 22. The profile includes comments from her parents, artists…
  7. Episode 7: These Amazing Shadows Dec 29, 2011 · 1h "These Amazing Shadows" focuses on the National Film Registry, an eclectic collection of movies considered to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the National…
  8. Episode 8: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Road to Resistance Jan 12, 2012 · 1h The five-part "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?," a history of the global anti-apartheid movement, opens with "Road to Resistance," which recalls the 1948 implementation of…
  9. Episode 9: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The New Generation Jan 12, 2012 · 1h Part 2 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?" examines "The New Generation," and its effort to overturn South Africa's apartheid system. Included: the refusal of western nations to…
  10. Episode 10: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto Jan 19, 2012 · 1h Part 3 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?," "From Selma to Soweto," details the anti-apartheid movement in the U.S., where in 1986 legislation was passed that imposed sanctions on…
  11. Episode 11: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line Jan 19, 2012 · 1h Part 4 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?, The Bottom Line," details how international grassroots campaigns to boycott and divest from companies that did business in South Africa…
  12. Episode 12: Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Free at Last Jan 26, 2012 · 1h The conclusion of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?, Free at Last," recalls the end stage of South Africa's apartheid system, when internal and external pressures forced the government to…
  13. Episode 13: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock Feb 2, 2012 · 1h Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock…
  14. Episode 14: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Feb 9, 2012 · 1h The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying…
  15. Episode 15: More Than A Month Feb 16, 2012 · 1h Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Through this tongue-in-cheek journey, “More Than a Month”…
  16. Episode 16: You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't Mar 30, 2012 · 1h In Danville, California, Lee Gorewitz wanders on a soul-searching odyssey through her Alzheimer’s & Dementia care unit. Confined by the limits of her physical boundaries, she scavenges for…
  17. Episode 17: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Apr 5, 2012 · 1h Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world’s most adored and recognizable characters — a furry red three-and-a-half year-old monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of…
  18. Episode 18: When the Drum Is Beating Apr 12, 2012 · 1h Interweaves the extraordinary story of Septentrional’s six decades of creativity with the history of Haiti. How did the country go from being the first free black republic with a huge…
  19. Episode 19: Revenge of the Electric Car Apr 19, 2012 · 1h Revenge follows four entrepreneurs from 2007 through the end of 2010 as they fight to bring the electric car back to the world market in the midst of a global recession. The protagonists…
  20. Episode 20: Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison Apr 26, 2012 · 1h Millions of bison once roamed the Great Plains. Can this nearly extinct icon of the American West make a 21st century comeback?
  21. Episode 21: Circo May 3, 2012 · 1h The Ponce family circus has been living and performing in rural Mexico for seven generations. Its history dates back to the late 19th century, when Genaro Ponce founded the Circo Ponce…
  22. Episode 22: Summer Pasture May 10, 2012 · 1h Locho and Yama are nomadic herders in Tibet's high grasslands, who carve their existence from the land as their ancestors have for generations. As traditional nomadic life confronts rapid…
  23. Episode 23: Precious Knowledge May 17, 2012 · 1h When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil…
  24. Episode 24: Left by the Ship May 24, 2012 · 1h JR, Charlene, Margarita, and Robert are half American; they are among the many children born to local women and U.S. servicemen who were stationed in military bases in the Philippines…
  25. Episode 25: Hell and Back Again May 28, 2012 · 1h U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife to fight pain…
  26. Episode 26: We Were Here Jun 7, 2012 · 1h When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for…
  27. Episode 27: Strong! Jun 26, 2012 · 1h A formidable figure standing at 5'8" and weighing more than 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its…