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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1. Bully2014-10-13 · 1h 0mThe story of the children bullied at school and online. The film questions assumptions about bullying behaviour beyond cliches and stereotypes of the past. It also examines changes
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2. Twin Sisters2014-10-20 · 1h 0mTwo sisters adopted in China as infants by Californian and Norwegian parents grow up knowing they have a twin living on the other side of the world. Although language is a barrier,
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3. Brakeless2014-10-27 · 1h 0mIn April, 2005 a Japanese train engineer accelerated beyond permissible speeds in order to make up an 80-second delay. Brakeless examines the aftermath and questions if Japan is cu
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4. Powerless2014-11-03 · 1h 0mPowerless tracks the battle between an Indian electric company and a renegade electrician who illegally connects poor families to the grid.
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5. Happiness2014-11-17 · 1h 0mA nine-year-old child in Burma is spurred to leave his village for the first time in his life when his village gets electricity. He walks for over three days to in search of a seei
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6. Rich Hill2015-01-05 · 1h 0mRich Hill, winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, goes inside the homes and lives of small town America, where kids confront heartbreaking
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7. Evolution of a Criminal2015-01-12 · 1h 0mTens years after robbing a Bank of America, filmmaker Darius Monroe explores what led him to pull a heist as a teenager in Texas, and returns to the scene of the crime. In this gri
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8. The Kill Team / Confusion Through Sand2015-01-19 · 1h 0mWinner of the Best Documentary Feature award at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Kill Team tells the harrowing story of Specialist Adam Winfield, a 21-year-old infantryman in Afghani
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9. Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People2015-02-16 · 1h 0mFor the last 170 years, pioneering African American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — have recorded the dramas and aspirations of generations. Through a Len
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10. American Denial2015-02-23 · 1h 0mIn the wake of recent events that have sparked a national dialogue, American Denial explores the power of unconscious biases around race and class. Using Gunnar Myrdal’s 1944 inves
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11. Little White Lie2015-03-23 · 1h 0mLacey Schwartz grew up in an upper-middle-class household with two loving Jewish parents. When she discovers that the man she's always assumed was her father is not her biological
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12. Little Hope Was Arson / A City in Flames2015-04-06 · 1h 0mThe investigation into a spate of church burnings that occured in East Texas during January and February 2010 is chronicled.
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13. The Homestretch2015-04-13 · 1h 0mThree homeless Chicago teens strive to graduate from high school despite the difficulties inherent in their situations.
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14. The Great Invisible2015-04-20 · 1h 0mFirst hand accounts of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and its impact on the Gulf of Mexico.
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15. Kumu Hina2015-05-04 · 1h 0mA Hawaiian transgender woman finds acceptance, but still is searching for love.
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16. Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity2015-05-11 · 1h 0mExamining daredevil choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her STREB Extreme Action Company. Included: the evolution of her philosophy, which challenges assumptions about art, aging, in
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17. 19712015-05-18 · 1h 0mThe story of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, which broke into an FBI field office in Media, Pa., on the night of March 8, 1971, and stole hundreds of secret files
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18. Limited Partnership2015-06-15 · 1h 0mMarried in 1975, Richard and Tony lead a 40-year fight for legal immigration status for same sex spouses.
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19. In the Shadow of Ebola2015-06-22 · 1h 0mAn African family’s tense experience during West African Ebola outbreak. This intimate film brings us on Emmanuel’s journey as he battles to keep his wife and children safe while t
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