Independent Lens - Season 9
Season 9
Network
DatesOct 16, 2007 - Jun 19, 2008
Episodes
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
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
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
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
Season 9Episode 560 min
Miss Navajo
Nov 13, 2007
Season 9Episode 660 min
The Creek Runs Red
Nov 20, 2007
Season 9Episode 760 min
Sisters in Law
Nov 27, 2007
Season 9Episode 860 min
The Paper
Chronicles the pressure of a year in the life of Pennsylvania State University's Daily Collegian.
Dec 11, 2007
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.
Dec 18, 2007
Season 9Episode 1060 min
Today's Man
Jan 8, 2008
Season 9Episode 1160 min
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
Jan 15, 2008
Season 9Episode 1260 min
A Son's Sacrifice
Jan 22, 2008
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.
Jan 29, 2008
Season 9Episode 1560 min
Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America
Feb 19, 2008
Season 9Episode 1660 min
Hard Road Home
Feb 26, 2008
Season 9Episode 1760 min
Iron Ladies of Liberia
Mar 18, 2008
Season 9Episode 1860 min
Compañeras
Apr 1, 2008
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.
Apr 8, 2008
Season 9Episode 2060 min
King Corn
Apr 15, 2008
Season 9Episode 2160 min
Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula
May 6, 2008
Season 9Episode 2260 min
A Dream in Doubt
May 20, 2008
Season 9Episode 2360 min
New Year Baby
May 27, 2008
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.
Jun 3, 2008
Season 9Episode 2560 min
The Cool School
Jun 10, 2008
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.
Jun 15, 2008
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.
Jun 19, 2008
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