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.
Aired: Sep 21, 2009 During the 1976-1983 military dictatorships in Argentina, thousands of citize...
Aired: Oct 20, 2009 Five generations of mining families illustrate the story of Butte, Mont., onc...
Aired: Oct 27, 2009 Pickpocketing is common practice in Kolkata, India. In an attempt to crack do...
Aired: Nov 3, 2009 This program follows the efforts of American Indian tribes to bring renewable...
Aired: Nov 10, 2009 Power Paths depicts the struggle Indian tribes and their allies face in produ...
Aired: Nov 17, 2009 They took Hollywood by storm -- escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the ...
7. No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos
Aired: Nov 24, 2009Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship wi...
Aired: Dec 8, 2009 A documentary exploring the art and science of origami. / Think origami is ju...
Aired: Dec 29, 2009 A young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massa...
Aired: Jan 12, 2010 A documentary following an New England senior citizens chorus preparing a one...
Aired: Jan 19, 2010 A documentary following an New England senior citizens chorus preparing a one...
Aired: Feb 2, 2010 Who has the authority to define your identity? Considered one of the most con...
13. Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness
Aired: Feb 9, 2010This is the story of a single father who is determined that his nine-year-old...
Aired: Feb 16, 2010 Mine tells the poignant and powerful story of animals left behind during Katr...
Aired: Feb 23, 2010 With engrossing interviews and archival footage, filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri exp...
Aired: Mar 2, 2010 This is an up-close look at four teens who have lost their sight. The film fo...
Aired: Mar 23, 2010 In 1999, filmmaker Monika Navarro's uncles were deported from the United Stat...
Aired: Mar 30, 2010 A young Latina filmmaker chronicles the emotional journey of her uncle, a U.S...
Aired: Apr 7, 2010 After world-renowned Tibetan master Geshe Lama Konchog passed away in 2001 at...
Aired: Apr 13, 2010 Joan Allen narrates this film about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet ...
Aired: Apr 20, 2010 Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, "DIRT! The Movie" digs into the fascinating his...
Aired: Apr 27, 2010 Filmed over four years, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys born into t...
Aired: In 1975 rural Texas, a local mayor's daughter grapples with an unplanned preg...
Aired: May 11, 2010 Explore one family's unforgettable journey as they travel halfway across the ...
Aired: May 18, 2010 Two filmmakers, one Hindu and the other Muslim, sneak their cameras into one ...
Aired: May 25, 2010 Versailles, a tight-knit neighborhood on the edge of New Orleans, is home to ...
27. A Village Called Versailles
Aired: Sep 21, 2009An elderly man hires Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, to drive him to a mountai...
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