Independent Lens - Season 5

Independent Lens - Season 5

Season 5

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DatesOkt. 14, 2003 - Juni 15, 2004
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Episodes

Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz
Season 5Episode 160 min

Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz

Okt. 14, 2003
Foto-Novelas 2: Junkyard Saints and Broken Sky
Season 5Episode 260 min

Foto-Novelas 2: Junkyard Saints and Broken Sky

Okt. 21, 2003
Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America
Season 5Episode 360 min

Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America

Okt. 28, 2003
A Wedding in Ramallah
Season 5Episode 460 min

A Wedding in Ramallah

Nov. 4, 2003
Be Good, Smile Pretty
Season 5Episode 560 min

Be Good, Smile Pretty

Nov. 11, 2003
Livermore
Season 5Episode 660 min

Livermore

Nov. 25, 2003
Eroica!
Season 5Episode 760 min

Eroica!

Dez. 9, 2003
Loaded Gun: Life, and Death, and Dickinson
Season 5Episode 860 min

Loaded Gun: Life, and Death, and Dickinson

Dez. 16, 2003
Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad
Season 5Episode 960 min

Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad

Get the Fire: Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad is a United States PBS-sponsored documentary, by the independent filmmaker Nancy du Plessis. It examines the experiences of some Mormon missionaries who questioned their religious beliefs after serving their missions. It premiered in December 2003 and was 60 minutes long. Some Mormon missionaries, including those serving missions in a foreign culture, may begin to question their religious upbringing and belief system. Get the Fire follows three LDS missionaries during their two-year missions in Germany. The documentary opens with the three future missionaries at their respective homes prior to knowing where they will serve. Surrounded by their family, each boy opens a mission call informing them they will serve in the Munich, Germany mission. The documentary follows them along the full two years of their mission from the Missionary Training Center until they leave the mission and return home. The film shows missionaries proselyting in public squares, knocking door to door, struggling with a foreign language, congregating in zone and district meetings, and meeting with the mission president. Topics covered include missionary slang, leaving a girlfriend at home, missionary morale, and relationships with family at home. The three missionaries appear to remain dedicated and faithful to their mission in the film.
Dez. 23, 2003
Man Bites Shorts
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Man Bites Shorts

Dez. 30, 2003
Make 'em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Make 'em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story

Jan. 13, 2004
Life Matters
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Life Matters

Jan. 20, 2004
Why Can't We Be a Family Again? / Downpour Resurfacing
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Why Can't We Be a Family Again? / Downpour Resurfacing

Jan. 27, 2004
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Feb. 10, 2004
A Place of Our Own: Black Resort Communities and the African American Dream
Season 5Episode 1560 min

A Place of Our Own: Black Resort Communities and the African American Dream

Feb. 17, 2004
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew is a film portrait of the now famous jazz vocalist who was "rediscovered" decades after he disappeared from the public eye. The documentary blends concert footage, rare photos and candid interviews with Jimmy Scott, his family and his colleagues.
Feb. 24, 2004
Sentencing the Victim
Season 5Episode 1760 min

Sentencing the Victim

März 2, 2004
T-Shirt Travels
Season 5Episode 1860 min

T-Shirt Travels

März 23, 2004
Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas

Apr. 6, 2004
Love Inventory
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Love Inventory

Apr. 13, 2004
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

Apr. 20, 2004
The Weather Underground
Season 5Episode 2260 min

The Weather Underground

"Hello. I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war... Within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." -- Bernardine Dohrn Thirty years ago, with these words, a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by outrage over the Vietnam War and racism in America, they went undergound during the 1970s, bombing targets across the country that they felt symbolized "the real violence" that the U.S. government and capitalist power were wreaking throughout the world.From pitched battles with police on Chicago's city streets, to bombing the U.S. Capitol building, to breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison, this carefully organized clandestine network attempted to incite a national revolution, while successfully evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history.One of the top documentaries of the year, this award-winning film interweaves extensive archival material with modern-day interviews to explore the incredible story of "The Weather Underground." As former members reflect candidly about the idealistic passion that drove them to "bring the war home," they paint a compelling portrait of troubled and revolutionary times, with unexpected and often striking connections to the current world situation.
Apr. 27, 2004
One Night at the Grand Star / Double Exposure
Season 5Episode 2360 min

One Night at the Grand Star / Double Exposure

Mai 4, 2004
Refugee
Season 5Episode 2460 min

Refugee

Mai 11, 2004
Death of a Shaman
Season 5Episode 2560 min

Death of a Shaman

Mai 27, 2004
Cosmopolitan
Season 5Episode 2660 min

Cosmopolitan

Juni 1, 2004
Sumo East and West
Season 5Episode 2760 min

Sumo East and West

In recent years, the ancient art of sumo has witnessed the rise of an increasing number of foreigners to the top of its professional ranks. From Hawaii to Atlantic City, the experiences of American wrestlers provide an entertaining glimpse at the past, present and future of sumo, revealing how this former bastion of Japanese tradition is grappling with globalizing Western forces.
Juni 8, 2004
The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out
Season 5Episode 2860 min

The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out

Juni 15, 2004

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