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  • Oct 24, 2022
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  • Oct 24, 2022

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: Shalini Kantayya

  • PBS
  • Oct 24, 2022
  • PBS
  • Oct 24, 2022
Independent Lens
S24 • Episode 2
TikTok, Boom.
Air Date: Oct 24, 2022
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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 • Sep 12, 2022
Hazing
The practice of hazing and why it continues to be seen as a legitimate rite of passage; stories from men and women who have participated in or been victims of hazing in colleges, the armed services and other professions.
Episode 2 • Oct 24, 2022
TikTok, Boom.
Dissecting TikTok, one of the most influential platforms of the social media landscape.
Episode 3 • Nov 7, 2022
Move Me
A woman's quest to redefine who she is after a dive into Lake Superior results in a life-altering injury.
Episode 4 • Jan 2, 2023
Children of Las Brisas
Young musicians in a youth orchestra in Venezuela's Las Brisas district strive for a better life through classical music.
Episode 5 • Jan 16, 2023
The Big Payback
The passage of the first-ever tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
Episode 6 • Jan 23, 2023
No Straight Lines
Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to mainstream acceptance.
Episode 7 • Jan 30, 2023
The Picture Taker
The vibrant life of Ernest Withers-civil rights photographer, and FBI informant-was anything but black and white.
Episode 8 • Feb 6, 2023
Outta the Muck
The people of Pahokee rise "outta the muck" to celebrate family history and big-time football.
Episode 9 • Feb 13, 2023
Love in the Time of Fentanyl
A supervised drug consumption site gives hope to a marginalized community ravaged by the overdose crisis.
Episode 10 • Mar 20, 2023
Storming Caesars Palace
How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for basic income guarantee.
Episode 11 • Mar 27, 2023
Hidden Letters
Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language.
Episode 12 • Apr 24, 2023
Free Chol Soo Lee
The roller-coaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
Episode 13 • May 1, 2023
Matter of Mind: My ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease with an average survival time of 2-5 yrs from diagnosis. People with ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, face different paths as they live with this progressively debilitating illness
Episode 14 • May 8, 2023
Sam Now
Follow Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and unsure of what to do after his mother suddenly leaves them. Witness a boy grow up grappling with the ripple effects of a singular traumatic event.
Episode 15 • May 15, 2023
Silent Beauty
In this autobiographical exploration of survivorship, New Orleans journalist and filmmaker Jasmín Mara López unabashedly shares her process of healing from childhood sexual abuse.
Episode 16 • Jun 19, 2023
Mama Bears
They call one another "mama bears" because of the ferocity with which they fight for their children's rights. Conservative beliefs have defined them. Now they're championing their LGBTQ+ children.
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