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  • PBS
  • May 19, 2009
  • PBS
  • May 19, 2009

Summary Celebrate independent films with this Emmy award-winning PBS series. Each week spotlights new documentaries, dramas, shorts and other cinematic artistry by different filmmaking visionaries.

Directed By: Gonzalo Arijon

Written By: Eric Martin, Zinna Riley, Lois Vossen

  • PBS
  • May 19, 2009
  • PBS
  • May 19, 2009
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S10 • Episode 23
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
Air Date: May 19, 2009
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Summary Celebrate independent films with this Emmy award-winning PBS series. Each week spotlights new documentaries, dramas, shorts and other cinematic artistry by different filmmaking visionaries.

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 22, 2008
Chicago 10
A Feature Documentary Presentation.
Episode 2 • Oct 28, 2008
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
Episode 3 • Oct 6, 2008
Knee Deep
Episode 4 • Nov 13, 2008
Lioness
Episode 5 • Nov 18, 2008 • 54 m
March Point
Episode 6 • Nov 25, 2008 • 1 h 13 m
The Atom Smashers
Episode 7 • Dec 9, 2008
Doc
Jam-packed with cultural figures, from Norman Mailer to Timothy Leary, Immy Humes creates a fascinating portrait of her father, novelist and counter-culture guru Harold L. 'Doc' Humes.
Episode 8 • Dec 16, 2008
Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
Episode 9 • Dec 23, 2008 • 50 m
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
Episode 10 • Dec 30, 2008
Operation Filmmaker
Episode 11 • Jan 6, 2009
Helvetica
Episode 12 • Feb 3, 2009
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
Episode 13 • Feb 10, 2009
Tulia, Texas
Episode 14 • Feb 24, 2009
The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
Episode 15 • Mar 17, 2009
Arusi Persian Wedding
Episode 16 • Mar 24, 2009
Lakshmi and Me
Episode 17 • Mar 31, 2009
Recycle
Episode 18 • Apr 7, 2009
Milking the Rhino
Episode 19 • Apr 14, 2009
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Episode 20 • Apr 28, 2009
At Home in Utopia
Episode 21 • May 5, 2009
Wings of Defeat
A few of Japan's Divine Wind Special Attack Unit (Kamikaze) survived. Now old men, they must reconcile their guilt with their gratitude for the unexpected gift of a full life.
Episode 22 • May 12, 2009
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Episode 23 • May 19, 2009
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
Episode 24 • May 26, 2009
Steal a Pencil for Me
Episode 25 • Jun 16, 2009
Ask Not
Episode 26 • Sep 21, 2009
Our Disappeared
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