Independent Lens (1999)
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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Episodes
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- 1 1. The Parking Lot Movie2010-10-19 · 1h 0mThis documentary is about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the select group of parking lot attendants that inhabit its microcosm. The attendants are a uniqu
- 2 2. Art & Copy2010-10-26 · 1h 0mA look at the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time - artists and writers who brought a rebellious spirit to their work in a business mo
- 3 3. Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian2010-11-02 · 1h 0mThe portrayal of Native Americans in cinema. / Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining, insightful, and often humorous look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portray
- 4 4. The Longoria Affair2010-11-09 · 1h 0mPrivate Felix Longoria fought and died while fighting the Japanese during World War II. When his body was sent back to his small hometown in Texas, the only funeral parlor there re
- 5 5. Lost Sparrow2010-11-16 · 1h 0mFilmmaker Chris Billing investigates the deaths of his adopted brothers, two Crow Indian boys who disappeared in 1978. / Some questions are never answered. Some answers are hard to
- 6 6. Deep Down2010-11-23 · 1h 0mBeverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find th
- 7 7. 453652010-12-14 · 1h 0mAn inquisitive look at everyday life in Middle America. "45365" explores the vagaries of daily life in an American town -- Sidney, Ohio. Through an intimate look at the lives and l
- 8 8. The Calling, Part 12010-12-20 · 1h 0mThis mini-series follows seven Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians and Jews in training to become professional clergy. Embarking on life paths that demand tremendous persona
- 9 9. The Calling, Part 22010-12-21 · 1h 0mMuslim, Catholic, Evangelical Christian, and Jewish seminarians embark on their life path in a secular and cynical era. A close look at how faith is lived today. / The conclusion o
- 10 10. Men Who Swim2011-01-04 · 1h 0mA group of middle-aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden's all-male synchronized swimming team. What begins as a weekly escape from the daily grind of work a
- 11 11. Children of Haiti2011-01-11 · 1h 0mIn the midst of Haiti's lush mountains and historical relics are 500,000 orphan children who live in the streets -- known as "the soulless" and forgotten by their own people. This
- 12 12. For Once in My Life2011-02-01 · 1h 0mMade up of 28 musicians and singers with severe mental and physical disabilities, the Spirit of Goodwill Band is a raucous home away from home where members are free to display the
- 13 13. When I Rise2011-02-08 · 1h 0mA profile of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately
- 14 14. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within2011-02-22 · 1h 0mAn iconoclast who himself became an icon, William Burroughs explored the outer boundaries of culture and identity in the 1950s. His work was vilified by conservatives and banned by
- 15 15. Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story2011-03-01 · 1h 0mAt the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown, who had suffered a long history of abuse, killed a man who picked her up for sex. The filmmaker has unprecedented access to Cyntioa in prison, and
- 16 16. Pushing the Elephant2011-03-29 · 1h 0mCivil war came to Rose's Congolese village, with it the nighttime arrest of her entire family, the execution of her husband and grim negotiations with guards which led to her separ
- 17 17. The Desert of Forbidden Art2011-04-05 · 1h 0mThis story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was stashed in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art surviv
- 18 18. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child2011-04-12 · 1h 0mIn his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. Discovered in the late 1970s through his graffiti art on the Lower East Side, he sold his first painting to Deborah Harr
- 19 19. Waste Land2011-04-19 · 1h 0mArtist Vik Muniz journeys from to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There Muniz photo
- 20 20. Marwencol2011-04-26 · 1h 0mAfter being beaten into a coma, Mark Hogancamp is left brain damaged and traumatized. He devises his own brand of therapy by constructing a 1/6th-scale World War II-era town in his
- 21 21. A Film Unfinished2011-05-03 · 1h 0mThis haunting film about a film examines a classic Nazi propaganda movie used by historians for decades to provide insight into the realities of life in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942.
- 22 22. Bhutto2011-05-10 · 1h 0mAs the first Muslim woman to lead an Islamic nation, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto evolved from a pampered princess to a polarizing politician in one of the most d
- 23 23. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo2011-05-17 · 1h 0mBeginning in the modern day and working backward, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the history of Japan's love affair with bugs. Using insects like an anthropologist's toolkit,
- 24 24. Welcome to Shelbyville2011-05-24 · 1h 0mWelcome to Shelbyville is a glimpse of America at a crossroads. In this one small town in the heart of America's Bible Belt, a community grapples with rapidly changing demographics
- 25 25. Two Spirits2011-06-14 · 1h 0mFred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. Two Spirits explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl
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