Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented communities and universal challenges found across America. The series has been awarded numerous Emmys and Peabodys, and has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
1. Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang
Aired: Aug 9, 1999Documentary on a gang-related murder/suicide that left four teenagers dead in...
Aired: Aug 16, 1999 A look at the media circus during the O.J. Simpson civil trial.
3. Visas and Virtue/I Am Viet Hung
Aired: Aug 23, 1999Academy Award winning short film docu-drama, Visas and Virtue (1997) and docu...
4. The Man Who Drove with Mandela
Aired: Aug 30, 1999
Aired: Sep 6, 1999
Aired: Sep 13, 1999
Aired: Oct 4, 1999 This documentary follows eight New York City women who chose the path of sing...
8. Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle
Aired: Oct 11, 1999
