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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.

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  • Oct 11, 2021
  • PBS
  • Oct 11, 2021
Independent Lens
S23 • Episode 1
Cured
Air Date: Oct 11, 2021
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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.

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Episode 1 • Oct 11, 2021
Cured
Activists fight the psychiatry establishment over labeling homosexuality as a mental illness that needs to be "cured."
Episode 2 • Nov 8, 2021
Ferguson Rises
Michael Brown Senior seeks justice and healing after his son is killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Episode 3 • Nov 15, 2021
Storm Lake
Editor Art Cullen and his family keep local journalism alive with the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper "The Storm Lake Times."
Episode 4 • Nov 22, 2021
Duty Free
Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures.
Episode 5 • Nov 23, 2021
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle
Northern Arapaho tribal members travel from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880's. This episode is about 55 minutes.
Episode 6 • Jan 17, 2022
A Reckoning in Boston
A white filmmaker collaborates with students enrolled in Boston's Clemente Course in the Humanities to explore violence, racism and gentrification in Boston. Approx. 85 min.
Episode 7 • Jan 31, 2022
Missing in Brooks County
An activist detective investigates missing migrants in rural South Texas.
Episode 8 • Feb 7, 2022
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Exposé on how the American housing policy market has been manipulated for years in discriminatory ways.
Episode 9 • Feb 14, 2022 • 1 h 25 m
Bulletproof
In an era of mass shootings, take a provocative look at what Americans will do to feel safe in schools.
Episode 10 • Feb 21, 2022
Apart
Three mothers imprisoned on drug-related crimes enter an innovative prison program in Cleveland that will prepare them for reuniting with their families as well as provide them with the skills needed to get a job and stay sober.
Episode 11 • Mar 28, 2022
Writing With Fire
Meet the fearless women journalists of India's only all-female newspaper. Nominated for an Academy Award.
Episode 12 • Apr 25, 2022
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
Researchers approach consciousness from different perspectives, investigating the mysteries of consciousness, and connecting the dots between spirit and body.
Episode 13 • May 2, 2022
Try Harder!
At San Francisco's Lowell High School, stressed out seniors chase college dreams.
Episode 14 • May 9, 2022
When Claude Got Shot
After being shot in the face by a teenager, can law student Claude find it in himself to forgive his attacker?
Episode 15 • May 16, 2022
Scenes From the Glittering World
Adolescence, trauma and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland.
Episode 16 • May 23, 2022
A Once and Future Peace
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