Episode guide
Independent Lens: Season 19
20 episodes · premiered Nov 6, 2017
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- Episode 1: Chasing Trane Nov 6, 2017 · 1h Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasing Trane brings saxophone great John Coltrane to life, as a man and an artist. The film is the definitive look…
- Episode 2: Shadow World Nov 20, 2017 · 1h Explore the shocking realities of the billion-dollar global arms trade through those who perpetrate and investigate it.
- Episode 3: Supergirl Dec 18, 2017 · 1h A profile of a seemingly ordinary Orthodox Jewish preteen from New Jersey whose extraordinary talent—breaking world powerlifting records—has turned her into an international phenomenon.
- Episode 4: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Jan 1, 2018 · 1h A profile of "Tales of the City" creator Armistead Maupin, including his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South to a gay rights pioneer.
- Episode 5: Unrest Jan 8, 2018 · 1h Director Jennifer Brea, confined to her bed due to chronic fatigue syndrome, documents how people around the world live and function with this disease.
- Episode 6: I Am Not Your Negro Jan 15, 2018 · 1h Filmmaker Raoul Peck examines James Baldwin's unfinished book about the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Episode 7: The Force Jan 22, 2018 · 1h A cinema vérité look at the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, Mo., and an explosive sex…
- Episode 8: I Am Another You Jan 29, 2018 · 1h Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows a homeless man on a journey across America, exploring the meaning of freedom.
- Episode 9: Winnie Feb 5, 2018 · 1h One of the more misunderstood and intriguing contemporary female political figures, Winnie Mandela's rise and seeming fall from grace bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy. Winnie explores…
- Episode 10: Tell Them We Are Rising Feb 19, 2018 · 1h Historically black colleges and universities play a pivotal role in shaping American history, culture and national identity.
- Episode 11: Rat Film Feb 26, 2018 · 1h The history and cultural fabric of Baltimore is explored through the lens of the city's rat infestation.
- Episode 12: Dolores Mar 27, 2018 · 1h The story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the…
- Episode 13: When God Sleeps Apr 2, 2018 · 1h The story of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi's stand for freedom of expression, after he was forced into hiding when hardline clerics issue a fatwa for his death, incensed by a rap song…
- Episode 14: The Art of the Shine Apr 9, 2018 · 1h Shining shoes is a calling and a passion, a way to be one’s own boss and connect with other people from all walks of life. From New York to Toronto, from Paris and La Paz, travel the world…
- Episode 15: What Lies Upstream Apr 16, 2018 · 1h Investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. While he’s…
- Episode 16: Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky Apr 23, 2018 · 1h A portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America through the voice of writer, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry. Centered in his native Henry County, Kentucky…
- Episode 17: True Conviction Apr 30, 2018 · 1h After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, on a mission to…
- Episode 18: No Man's Land May 7, 2018 · 1h A detailed, on-the-ground account of the 2016 standoff between protesters occupying Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and federal authorities.
- Episode 19: ACORN and the Firestorm May 14, 2018 · 1h For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN sought to empower poor and marginalized communities. Its critics believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with progressive ideals. In…
- Episode 20: Served Like a Girl May 28, 2018 · 1h A candid look at a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and suffer from PTSD, sexual abuse, and other traumas. By…