Independent Lens

Season 24 Episode 8: Outta the Muck

Feb 06, 2023 TV-14 1h 26m 8.2

Wade into the rich soil of Pahokee, Florida, a town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee. Beyond its football legacy, including sending over a dozen players to the NFL (like Anquan Boldin, Fred Taylor, and Rickey Jackson), the fiercely self-determined community tells their stories of Black achievement and resilience in the face of tragic storms and personal trauma.

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Season 24 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hazing

1. Hazing

Aired: Sep 12, 2022

The practice of hazing and why it continues to be seen as a legitimate rite o...

Episode 2 TikTok, Boom.

2. TikTok, Boom.

Aired: Oct 24, 2022

Dissecting TikTok, one of the most influential platforms of the social media ...

Episode 3 Move Me

3. Move Me

Aired: Nov 7, 2022

At 27, Kelsey Peterson dove into Lake Superior as a dancer and emerged paraly...

Episode 5 The Big Payback

5. The Big Payback

Aired: Jan 16, 2023

The passage of the first-ever tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans...

Episode 6 No Straight Lines

6. No Straight Lines

Aired: Jan 23, 2023

When Alison Bechdel received a coveted MacArthur Award for her best-selling g...

Episode 7 The Picture Taker

7. The Picture Taker

Aired: Jan 30, 2023

The vibrant life of Ernest Withers-civil rights photographer, and FBI informa...

Episode 8 Outta the Muck

8. Outta the Muck

Aired: Feb 6, 2023

Wade into the rich soil of Pahokee, Florida, a town on the banks of Lake Okee...

Episode 11 Hidden Letters

11. Hidden Letters

Aired: Mar 27, 2023

The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of ...

Episode 12 Free Chol Soo Lee

12. Free Chol Soo Lee

Aired: Apr 24, 2023

Sentenced to life for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo ...

Episode 14 Sam Now

14. Sam Now

Aired: May 8, 2023

In this coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma, follow Sam Harkn...

Episode 15 Silent Beauty

15. Silent Beauty

Aired: May 15, 2023

In this autobiographical exploration of survivorship, New Orleans journalist ...

Episode 16 Mama Bears

16. Mama Bears

Aired: Jun 20, 2023

They call one another “mama bears” because of the ferocity with which they fi...

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