Independent Lens - Season 14
Season 14
Episodes
As Goes Janesville
Spend time in Janesville, Wisconsin - the front lines of the debate over the future of the middle class.
Love Free or Die
Experience the struggles and triumphs of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay elected bishop.
Solar Mamas
Explore India's Barefoot College, which gives impoverished women skills to change their communities.
Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream
Witness the economic disparities faced by New Yorkers only minutes from one another as the crow flies.
Soul Food Junkies
Learn about soul food's relevance to black cultural identity.
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Enter the world of artist Wayne White, an iconic auteur of the weird, the silly and the joyfully absurd.
The Revisionaries
Learn why the textbook tempest in Texas is jeopardizing the next generation's education.
The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights
Follow Whitney Young's journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Learn about the life and work of celebrated Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei.
Kind Hearted Woman
The House I Live In; As I Am
Explore the human-rights implications of the nation's least winnable war-the war on drugs.
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
The Island President
See how President Mohamed Nasheed is trying to prevent the drowning of 385,000 Maldivians.
The Undocumented
Meet the Arizonans who try to identify the bodies of illegal crossers lost in the desert.
Seeking Asian Female
View the love story between an aging white man and the Chinese bride he finds online.
The Invisible War
Hear about the epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks of the U.S. military.
Detropia
Learn how Detroit residents are ready to create a radically new post-industrial city.
The Revolutionary Optimists
Witness the transformation some of the poorest slums of Kolkata through the empowerment of children.
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