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Independent Lens

Independent Lens
Airing weekly on PBS, the five-time Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is an independent film festival in your living room. Each week we introduce a new documentary film from among the best independent filmmakers working today. Watch Mondays, 10/9c.
For more info: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens

Latest Episodes

Seeking Asian Female
Seeking Asian Female
Air date: 05-07-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365001610/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Two strangers — an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered by the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love. /episodes/get/8607 /episode/8607 Independent Lens: Seeking Asian Female /episode-player/8607
The Undocumented
The Undocumented
Air date: 04-30-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365003064/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis—policing it, working it or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrant. This film tells the... /episodes/get/8664 /episode/8664 Independent Lens: The Undocumented /episode-player/8664
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Air date: 04-16-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2331042879/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society's... /episodes/get/8523 /episode/8523 Independent Lens: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines /episode-player/8523
The House I Live In
The House I Live In
Air date: 04-09-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2341636421/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false In "The House I Live In," director Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight") gives a historical overview of America's War on Drugs and weaves unforgettable personal stories with groundbreaking commentary from a "who's who" of the leading proponents and opponents in this tragic and unending crisis. /episodes/get/8375 /episode/8375 Independent Lens: The House I Live In /episode-player/8375
As I Am
As I Am
Air date: 04-09-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2363325253/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Filmmaker Alan Spearman collaborates with Chris Dean to present a meditation on life in South Memphis. With narration by a young man who lost his father to gang violence, this powerful collection of images provides a poetic counterpoint to the usually faceless War on Drugs. /episodes/get/8484 /episode/8484 Independent Lens: As I Am /episode-player/8484
Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge
Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge
Air date: 03-15-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2340845582/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs. /episodes/get/8198 /episode/8198 Independent Lens: Guess Who?: The Mayor and The Judge /episode-player/8198
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Available through March
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Available through March
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Take an in-depth look at masculinity in rap music and hip-hop culture - where creative genius, poetic beauty, and mad beats...
Air date: 02/20/2007
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1409148147/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false March is Women's History Month and to celebrate we're bringing you 10 films as part of the Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival. Watch Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Take an in-depth look at masculinity in rap music and hip-hop culture - where creative genius, poetic beauty, and mad beats... /episodes/get/1495 /episode/1495 Independent Lens: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Available through March /episode-player/1495
The Atom Smashers
The Atom Smashers
Physics, politics and international competition collide as scientists race to find one of the most elusive sub-atomic particles ever theorized: the Higgs boson. After funding cut backs, Fermilab (a premier U.S. government research laboratory focusing on particle physics) is struggling to survive....
Air date: 11/25/2008
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1334523763/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Physics, politics and international competition collide as scientists race to find one of the most elusive sub-atomic particles ever theorized: the Higgs boson. After funding cut backs, Fermilab (a premier U.S. government research laboratory focusing on particle physics) is struggling to survive.... /episodes/get/1506 /episode/1506 Independent Lens: The Atom Smashers /episode-player/1506
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
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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
Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes
What?s a child?s education worth? For one visionary rookie principal, it?s priceless. At the Bronx Center for Science...
Air date: 03/30/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2240628509/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false What?s a child?s education worth? For one visionary rookie principal, it?s priceless. At the Bronx Center for Science... /episodes/get/1510 /episode/1510 Independent Lens: Whatever It Takes /episode-player/1510
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
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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
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