Independent Lens - Season 9

Independent Lens - Season 9

Season 9

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Datesoct. 16, 2007 - juin 19, 2008
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Episodes

Wordplay
Season 9Episode 160 min

Wordplay

Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable New York Times , where Will Shortz has been editor for 12 years. "Wordplay" presents an entertaining and informative look at Shortz' work and that of the puzzle constructors with whom he collaborates, as well as coverage of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, an annual competition founded by Shortz, that profiles a number of intelligent and ingratiating contestants.
oct. 16, 2007
Please Vote for Me
Season 9Episode 260 min

Please Vote for Me

This film follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for school monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held in a school in China. The three candidates campaign, holding debates and showing their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner.
oct. 23, 2007
Storm of Emotions
Season 9Episode 360 min

Storm of Emotions

This is a film explores the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great social and political turmoil. Told from the perspective of the Israeli police force, this film explores how these individuals try to balance their emotions, beliefs and conscience while attempting to maintain civil order and a democratic outcome.
oct. 30, 2007
Red White Black & Blue
Season 9Episode 460 min

Red White Black & Blue

U.S. soldiers who fought on the island of Attu in Alaska during WWII journey back to the location.
nov. 6, 2007
Miss Navajo
Season 9Episode 560 min

Miss Navajo

nov. 13, 2007
The Creek Runs Red
Season 9Episode 660 min

The Creek Runs Red

nov. 20, 2007
Sisters in Law
Season 9Episode 760 min

Sisters in Law

nov. 27, 2007
The Paper
Season 9Episode 860 min

The Paper

Chronicles the pressure of a year in the life of Pennsylvania State University's Daily Collegian.
déc. 11, 2007
An Unreasonable Man
Season 9Episode 960 min

An Unreasonable Man

This program offers an unsparing look at Ralph Nader, one of the most important and controversial political figures of our time.
déc. 18, 2007
Today's Man
Season 9Episode 1060 min

Today's Man

janv. 8, 2008
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
Season 9Episode 1160 min

Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita

janv. 15, 2008
A Son's Sacrifice
Season 9Episode 1260 min

A Son's Sacrifice

janv. 22, 2008
How Is Your Fish Today?
Season 9Episode 1360 min

How Is Your Fish Today?

While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao experiences writer's block and begins to live the life of the character he is trying to create.
janv. 29, 2008
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America
Season 9Episode 1560 min

Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America

févr. 19, 2008
Hard Road Home
Season 9Episode 1660 min

Hard Road Home

févr. 26, 2008
Iron Ladies of Liberia
Season 9Episode 1760 min

Iron Ladies of Liberia

mars 18, 2008
Compañeras
Season 9Episode 1860 min

Compañeras

avr. 1, 2008
Water Flowing Together
Season 9Episode 1960 min

Water Flowing Together

Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican as well as gay, retired in June 2005 from the New York City Ballet after a 24-year career; this story climaxes with his emotional retirement at age 40. This is not a film solely for a ballet audience; it is also an exploration of identity, heritage, transition and family.
avr. 8, 2008
King Corn
Season 9Episode 2060 min

King Corn

avr. 15, 2008
Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula
Season 9Episode 2160 min

Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula

mai 6, 2008
A Dream in Doubt
Season 9Episode 2260 min

A Dream in Doubt

mai 20, 2008
New Year Baby
Season 9Episode 2360 min

New Year Baby

mai 27, 2008
Writ Writer
Season 9Episode 2460 min

Writ Writer

Reveals a little-known battle of the Civil Rights Movement, led by an indigent, under-educated prisoner. Texas-born, Mexican American Fred Cruz came of age and found his life's calling in prison, where the sanctioned cruelty and brutality among inmates and guards moved him to fight the state prison system in the court of law.
juin 3, 2008
The Cool School
Season 9Episode 2560 min

The Cool School

juin 10, 2008
Deep Water
Season 9Episode 2660 min

Deep Water

The amazing and compelling true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever - the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race. Through re-enactments and interviews with family and friends, the viewer witnesses Crowhurst's maritime inexperience and eventually an ending that shocked a nation.
juin 15, 2008
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Season 9Episode 2760 min

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

A Japanese family searches for their daughter who was abducted by North Korean spies in 1977. / Recalls the 1977 kidnapping of schoolgirl Megumi Yokota from her Japanese hometown by North Korean agents, who took her to North Korea.
juin 19, 2008

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