Episode guide
Independent Lens: Season 23
15 episodes · premiered Oct 10, 2021
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- Episode 1: Cured Oct 11, 2021 · 1h When doctors classified homosexuality as a mental illness to be “cured,” they employed cruel treatments like electroshock and lobotomies. LGBTQ+ activists and their allies fought back…
- Episode 2: Ferguson Rises Nov 8, 2021 · 1h How does a father find purpose in pain? In 2014, Michael Brown Sr.’s son was killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, an event that fueled the global Black Lives…
- Episode 3: Storm Lake Nov 15, 2021 · 1h Does American democracy survive without the backbone of independent local journalism? Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its fair share of…
- Episode 4: Duty Free Nov 22, 2021 · 1h 75-year-old Rebecca loses the only job she's even known. She has no savings, no 401K safety net, and no employment prospects. Rebecca teams up with son Sian-Pierre to take the trip of a…
- Episode 5: Home From School: The Children of Carlisle Nov 23, 2021 · 1h "Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American children and placed them in Indian boarding schools. Among the many who…
- Episode 6: A Reckoning in Boston Jan 17, 2022 · 1h What happens when you discover that your assumptions are flawed? A white filmmaker starts his academic inquiry by documenting low-income, adult students of color at the Clemente Course in…
- Episode 7: Missing in Brooks County Jan 31, 2022 · 1h Migrants go missing in rural South Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families whose loved ones have disappeared after crossing the Mexico border, activist detective Eddie…
- Episode 8: Owned: A Tale of Two Americas Feb 7, 2022 · 1h Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent…
- Episode 9: Bulletproof Feb 14, 2022 · 1h What is the cost of feeling safe? In an era of mass shootings, lockdown drills and teacher firearms training are as much a part of life as homecoming dances and basketball practice. Take a…
- Episode 10: Apart Feb 21, 2022 · 1h Since the beginning of the War on Drugs, the number of women in U.S. prisons has grown drastically. The majority are mothers. Three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers, jailed for…
- Episode 11: Writing With Fire Mar 28, 2022 · 1h In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India's all-female Khabar Lahariya ("News Wave") newspaper risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the country's…
- Episode 12: AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness Apr 4, 2022 · 1h 26m What is the science behind consciousness? Six brilliant researchers from around the world—a brain scientist, a plant behaviorist, a healer, a philosophy professor, a psychedelics…
- Episode 13: Try Harder! May 2, 2022 · 1h 23m At Lowell High School, San Francisco's academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and…
- Episode 14: When Claude Got Shot May 9, 2022 In Milwaukee, a 15-year-old attempted to carjack law student Claude Motley and shot him in the face. Through multiple surgeries and catastrophic health care bills, the effects of gun…
- Episode 15: Scenes From The Glittering World May 16, 2022 · 56m Three Indigenous students experience the highs and lows of adolescence while attending one of the most remote high schools in the United States. Living in the uniquely beautiful but…