Episode guide
Independent Lens: Season 14
24 episodes · premiered Oct 8, 2012
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- Episode 1: As Goes Janesville Oct 8, 2012 · 1h Filmed in 10 countries, the series follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell…
- Episode 2: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Part 2) Oct 2, 2012 · 1h Filmed in 10 countries, the series follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell…
- Episode 4: Love Free or Die Oct 29, 2012 · 1h
- Episode 5: Solar Mamas Nov 5, 2012 · 1h
- Episode 6: Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream Nov 12, 2012 · 1h
- Episode 7: Soul Food Junkies Jan 14, 2013 · 1h Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. Baffled by his dad's unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face…
- Episode 8: Beauty Is Embarrassing Jan 21, 2013 · 1h Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show which soon led…
- Episode 9: The Revisionaries Jan 28, 2013 · 1h The Texas State Board of Education rewrites teaching and textbook standards once every decade.
- Episode 10: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights Feb 18, 2013 · 1h
- Episode 11: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Feb 25, 2013 · 1h Profiling Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest Olympic stadium and later criticized the Games as party propaganda. His opposition to his…
- Episode 12: The House I Live In; As I Am Apr 8, 2013 · 1h
- Episode 13: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines Apr 15, 2013 · 1h Wonder Women! explores the nation’s long-term love affair with comic book superheroes and raises questions about the possibilities and contradictions of heroines within the genre. The film…
- Episode 14: The Island President Apr 22, 2013 · 1h
- Episode 15: The Undocumented Apr 29, 2013 · 1h Thousands of migrants have perished in recent years while trying to cross the unforgiving Sonora desert in search of a better life in the United States. The film gives a face to some of…
- Episode 16: Seeking Asian Female May 6, 2013 · 1h Two strangers — an aging white man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered by the Internet. They get more than they bargained for when she moves to America to be his bride…
- Episode 17: The Invisible War May 13, 2013 · 1h The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. Military? The epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks. An American female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be…
- Episode 18: Detropia May 27, 2013 · 1h Can the Motor City rise from its ashes? A dynamic cluster of local innovators, entrepreneurs, and proud, self-proclaimed "hustlers” are poised to resurrect Detroit. The result could be a…
- Episode 19: The Revolutionary Optimists Jun 17, 2013 · 1h Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sown hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health, health…
- Episode 20: Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman's Journey Sep 30, 2013 · 1h
- Episode 21: The Waiting Room Oct 21, 2013 · 1h
- Episode 22: The Graduates 1h
- Episode 24: Young Lakota 1h
- Episode 25: Playwright: From Page to Stage 1h
- Episode 26: Jiro Dreams of Sushi 1h