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Independent Lens(TV show/series, 1999-)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Genre: Documentary

Documentation in 25 seasons with 502 episodes

Independent LensRating: 3.4/5 (with 5 votes)
Independent Lens is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, America Ferrera, Mary-Louise Parker, and Stanley Tucci, who served two stints as host from 2012-2014. The series began in 1999 and for three years aired 10 episodes each fall season. In 2002, PBS announced that in 2003 the series would relaunch with ITVS as the production company, under the leadership of Sally Jo Fifer and Lois Vossen, and would expand to 29 primetime episodes a year. The 2019-20 season is regarded as the 18th season for the series. Independent Lens has won six Primetime Emmy Awards and 20 films have won News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In 2012, "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?" won for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking; in 2007, A Lion in the House won for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking; and A Lion's Trail won in 2006 for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming. Three other films won for Best Documentary: Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life in 2008, Be Good, Smile Pretty in 2004, and Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle in 2000. Four Independent Lens films won News & Documentary ... ()
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About Independent Lens

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers and featuring unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history.

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Independent Lens Seasons and Episodes

09/19/2023Season 25 - 11 episodes
#1 | 09/19/2023Sansón and Me
Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes wants to document Sansón's story, an immigrant serving life in prison. Unable to film Sansón, the documentary creatively shares his narrative through reenactments of his letters, featuring his own family as actors.
#2 | 10/09/2023El Equipo
Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the “dirty war”. The group expands its horizons, traveling to El Salvador, Bolivia and Mexico, doggedly working behind the scenes to establish the facts for the families of the victims.
#3 | 11/06/2023Three Chaplains
Muslim chaplains uphold the First Amendment and vow to protect service members' right to practice their faith freely, despite facing long-held prejudice and disapproval from their own communities. The Muslim chaplains work hard to ensure that all service members have access to religious materials, services, and resources regardless of the religious beliefs they hold.
#4 | 02/20/2024A Town Called Victoria | Episode 1
A south Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when a local mosque is burned down in an apparent hate crime. After the media moves on, the community is left to reflect on its complex history with racism.
#5 | 02/20/2024A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2
With the arson trial near, the suspect’s family argues his innocence. Meanwhile, facets of Victoria reveal the ingredients that might have turned him to hate and support for the town’s Muslim community begins to wane.
#6 | 02/20/2024A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3
The prosecution presents shocking evidence. As the trial concludes, the engaged citizens of Victoria seek a way to build a more inclusive community.
#7 | 01/09/2024Beyond Utopia
They grew up believing their land was paradise. Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentary, follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of North Korea, as the threat of severe punishment and possible execution looms over their passage, revealing a world many have never seen.
#8 | 01/22/2024Racist Trees
Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California, fights to remove a towering wall of tamarisk trees. The trees form a barrier, believed by some to segregate the community, frustrating residents who regard them as an enduring symbol of racism.
#9 | 01/29/2024Razing Liberty Square
Liberty City, Miami, is home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold. Wealthy property owners push inland to higher ground, creating a speculators’ market in the historically Black neighborhood previously ignored by developers and policy-makers alike.
#10 | 02/05/2024Sister Una Lived a Good Death
#11 | 02/19/2024Breaking the News
09/12/2022Season 24 - 16 episodes
10/10/2021Season 23 - 15 episodes
10/19/2020Season 22 - 14 episodes
10/28/2019Season 21 - 19 episodes
10/29/2018Season 20 - 19 episodes
11/06/2017Season 19 - 20 episodes
10/02/2016Season 18 - 20 episodes
11/09/2015Season 17 - 21 episodes
10/13/2014Season 16 - 19 episodes
10/28/2013Season 15 - 21 episodes
10/08/2012Season 14 - 24 episodes
10/13/2011Season 13 - 27 episodes
10/19/2010Season 12 - 25 episodes
09/21/2009Season 11 - 27 episodes
10/22/2008Season 10 - 25 episodes
10/16/2007Season 9 - 26 episodes
10/24/2006Season 8 - 27 episodes
10/11/2005Season 7 - 29 episodes
10/26/2004Season 6 - 27 episodes
10/14/2003Season 5 - 28 episodes
02/04/2003Season 4 - 14 episodes
09/07/2001Season 3 - 10 episodes
10/06/2000Season 2 - 10 episodes
08/09/1999Season 1 - 8 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Made by: ITVS
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 08/09/1999
Latest episode released on: 01/29/2024

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:338, Added: 05/10/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024