Independent Lens

Season 22 (14 Episodes)

2020 TV-14 8.2

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.

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Season 22 Episodes:

Episode 1 Feels Good Man

1. Feels Good Man

Aired: Oct 19, 2020

San Francisco artist Matt Furie's Pepe the Frog, created as a character in hi...

Episode 2 Represent

2. Represent

Aired: Oct 26, 2020

Three women take on local political networks in a bid to reshape politics lea...

Episode 4 Belly of the Beast

4. Belly of the Beast

Aired: Nov 23, 2020

Intimate accounts from formerly incarcerated people provide insight into mode...

Episode 8 Women in Blue

8. Women in Blue

Aired: Feb 8, 2021

With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women i...

Episode 9 Mr. SOUL!

9. Mr. SOUL!

Aired: Feb 22, 2021

Mr. SOUL. explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on p...

Episode 10 Coded Bias

10. Coded Bias

Aired: Mar 22, 2021

MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's Algorithmic Justice League highligh...

Episode 13 The Donut King

13. The Donut King

Aired: Jun 21, 2021

The life story of Christy's Donuts founder Ted Ngoy, who built a multimillion...

Episode 14 Two Gods

14. Two Gods

Aired: Jun 28, 2021

A Muslim casket maker in East Orange, N.J., teaches two young men how to embr...

Info about Independent Lens

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary