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Independent Lens - Episode 3: Have You Heard From Johannesburg

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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
The unlikely story of America's original shock jock who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation's capital.
Air date: 02/03/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1799416888/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The unlikely story of America's original shock jock who battled the system and his own demons during a time of civil unrest in the nation's capital. /episodes/get/6727 /episode/6727 Independent Lens: Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene /episode-player/6727
When I Rise
When I Rise
In 1957, Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student found herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera.
Air date: 02/08/2011 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1784212283/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In 1957, Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student found herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. /episodes/get/6728 /episode/6728 Independent Lens: When I Rise /episode-player/6728
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Take a ride through the life and current times of one of America?s most important artists, Wayne White. Raised in the mountains of Tennessee, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in New York City. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the TV show, Pee-wee?s Playhouse, which...
Air date: 01/22/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2325390696/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Take a ride through the life and current times of one of America?s most important artists, Wayne White. Raised in the mountains of Tennessee, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in New York City. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the TV show, Pee-wee?s Playhouse, which... /episodes/get/6670 /episode/6670 Independent Lens: Beauty Is Embarrassing /episode-player/6670
Soul Food Junkies
Soul Food Junkies
Baffled by his dad's reluctance to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and it's relevance to black cultural identity. He discovers that the love affair that his dad and his community...
Air date: 01/15/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2305721338/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Baffled by his dad's reluctance to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and it's relevance to black cultural identity. He discovers that the love affair that his dad and his community... /episodes/get/6345 /episode/6345 Independent Lens: Soul Food Junkies /episode-player/6345
Solar Mamas
Solar Mamas
Welcome to India's Barefoot College, founded by Bunker Roy to provide rural women living in poverty with an education that empowers them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Rafea ? a 30-year-old Jordanian mother of four ? is traveling outside of her village for the first time to...
Air date: 11/06/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2292078385/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Welcome to India's Barefoot College, founded by Bunker Roy to provide rural women living in poverty with an education that empowers them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Rafea ? a 30-year-old Jordanian mother of four ? is traveling outside of her village for the first time to... /episodes/get/6117 /episode/6117 Independent Lens: Solar Mamas /episode-player/6117