Independent Lens - Season 14

Independent Lens - Season 14

Season 14

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DatesOct 8, 2012 - Jun 17, 2013
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Episodes

As Goes Janesville
Season 14Episode 160 min

As Goes Janesville

Spend time in Janesville, Wisconsin - the front lines of the debate over the future of the middle class.

Oct 8, 2012
Love Free or Die
Season 14Episode 260 min

Love Free or Die

Experience the struggles and triumphs of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay elected bishop.

Oct 29, 2012
Solar Mamas
Season 14Episode 360 min

Solar Mamas

Explore India's Barefoot College, which gives impoverished women skills to change their communities.

Nov 5, 2012
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
Season 14Episode 460 min

Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream

Witness the economic disparities faced by New Yorkers only minutes from one another as the crow flies.

Nov 12, 2012
Soul Food Junkies
Season 14Episode 560 min

Soul Food Junkies

Learn about soul food's relevance to black cultural identity.

Jan 14, 2013
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Season 14Episode 660 min

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Enter the world of artist Wayne White, an iconic auteur of the weird, the silly and the joyfully absurd.

Jan 21, 2013
The Revisionaries
Season 14Episode 760 min

The Revisionaries

Learn why the textbook tempest in Texas is jeopardizing the next generation's education.

Jan 28, 2013
The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights
Season 14Episode 860 min

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights

Follow Whitney Young's journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League.

Feb 18, 2013
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Season 14Episode 960 min

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Learn about the life and work of celebrated Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei.

Feb 25, 2013
Kind Hearted Woman
Season 14Episode 1090 min

Kind Hearted Woman

Apr 1, 2013
The House I Live In; As I Am
Season 14Episode 1160 min

The House I Live In; As I Am

Explore the human-rights implications of the nation's least winnable war-the war on drugs.

Apr 8, 2013
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Season 14Episode 1260 min

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Apr 15, 2013
The Island President
Season 14Episode 1360 min

The Island President

See how President Mohamed Nasheed is trying to prevent the drowning of 385,000 Maldivians.

Apr 22, 2013
The Undocumented
Season 14Episode 1460 min

The Undocumented

Meet the Arizonans who try to identify the bodies of illegal crossers lost in the desert.

Apr 29, 2013
Seeking Asian Female
Season 14Episode 1560 min

Seeking Asian Female

View the love story between an aging white man and the Chinese bride he finds online.

May 6, 2013
The Invisible War
Season 14Episode 1660 min

The Invisible War

Hear about the epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks of the U.S. military.

May 13, 2013
Detropia
Season 14Episode 1760 min

Detropia

Learn how Detroit residents are ready to create a radically new post-industrial city.

May 27, 2013
The Revolutionary Optimists
Season 14Episode 1860 min

The Revolutionary Optimists

Witness the transformation some of the poorest slums of Kolkata through the empowerment of children.

Jun 17, 2013

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