Independent Lens - Season 19

Independent Lens - Season 19

Season 19

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Datesnov. 6, 2017 - mai 28, 2018
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Episodes

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Season 19Episode 190 min

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

Explore the life of jazz great John Coltrane; Denzel Washington speaks the words of Coltrane.

nov. 6, 2017
Shadow World
Season 19Episode 290 min

Shadow World

Explore the billion-dollar global arms trade through those who perpetrate and investigate it.

nov. 20, 2017
Supergirl
Season 19Episode 390 min

Supergirl

Meet Naomi, an Orthodox Jewish girl with a surprising talent: breaking world powerlifting records.

déc. 18, 2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Season 19Episode 490 min

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

A profile of "Tales of the City" creator Armistead Maupin, including his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South to a gay rights pioneer.
janv. 1, 2018
Unrest
Season 19Episode 590 min

Unrest

Follow filmmaker Jennifer Brea's struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in this intimate film.

janv. 8, 2018
I Am Not Your Negro
Season 19Episode 690 min

I Am Not Your Negro

Explore James Baldwin's unfinished book about race in America in this Oscar-nominated documentary.

janv. 15, 2018
The Force
Season 19Episode 790 min

The Force

Go deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles with demands for reform.

janv. 22, 2018
I Am Another You
Season 19Episode 890 min

I Am Another You

Join Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang and a charming young drifter as they explore freedom and America.

janv. 29, 2018
Winnie
Season 19Episode 990 min

Winnie

Explore the life of Winnie Mandela and her struggle to bring down apartheid.

févr. 5, 2018
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story Of Black Colleges And Universities
Season 19Episode 1090 min

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story Of Black Colleges And Universities

The rich history of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began before the end of slavery, flourished in the 20th century, and profoundly influenced the course of the nation for over 150 years — yet remains largely unknown. With Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, the latest documentary from Stanley Nelson (Black Panthers, Freedom Riders) and Marco Williams, the powerful story of the rise, influence, and evolution of HBCUs comes to life.  

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries — and a path of promise toward the American dream — HBCUs have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field while remaining unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. These institutions have nurtured some of the most influential Americans of our time, from Booker T. Washington to Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois to Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison to Oprah Winfrey, Alice Walker to Spike Lee to Common. A key driver of Black social, political, and economic progress, HBCUs were also a place of unprecedented freedom for African American students and a refuge from the rampant racism raging outside the campus walls. Tell Them We Are Rising captures this important history to tell the dynamic story of Americans who refused to be denied a higher education and — in their resistance — created a set of institutions that would influence and shape the landscape of the country for centuries to come.

févr. 19, 2018
Rat Film
Season 19Episode 1190 min

Rat Film

Trace Baltimore's history through a film that uses rats to chronicle oppression in poor communities.

févr. 26, 2018
Dolores
Season 19Episode 1290 min

Dolores

Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.

mars 27, 2018
When God Sleeps
Season 19Episode 1390 min

When God Sleeps

Explore the journey of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi after clerics issue a fatwa for his death.

avr. 2, 2018
The Art Of The Shine
Season 19Episode 1490 min

The Art Of The Shine

Meet the unforgettable people who are turning the job of shoe shiner into an art form.

avr. 9, 2018
What Lies Upstream
Season 19Episode 1590 min

What Lies Upstream

Travel to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill.

avr. 16, 2018
Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky
Season 19Episode 1690 min

Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky

Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentuckyis a portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America through the voice of writer, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry. Centered in his native Henry County, Kentucky,Look & Seeis an elegy to a lost way of life that was once the bedrock of America–the culture of agriculture.

avr. 23, 2018
True Conviction
Season 19Episode 1790 min

True Conviction

There's a new detective agency in Dallas, run by three exonerated men who all spent decades in prison. Their mission: to free other innocent people still behind bars.

After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans — Christopher Scott, Johnnie Lindsey and Steven Phillips — join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, on a mission to help wrongfully convicted prisoners obtain freedom like they did. Scott, a dad and grandfather, formed House of Renewed Hope to help fight for the gift of "a second chance at life." In True Conviction, brotherly bonds are formed out of shared hardships — lengthy prison sentences in a state that executes more inmates than any other.

avr. 30, 2018
No Man's Land
Season 19Episode 1890 min

No Man's Land

Go inside the 2016 standoff at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

mai 7, 2018
ACORN and the Firestorm
Season 19Episode 1990 min

ACORN and the Firestorm

Explore the charged battle to take down ACORN, a controversial national community-organizing group.

mai 14, 2018
Served Like a Girl
Season 19Episode 2090 min

Served Like a Girl

Join five women rebuilding their lives with humor and heart in the Ms. Veteran America Competition.

mai 28, 2018

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