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PBS
Dec 12, 2006

PBS
Dec 12, 2006

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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Directed By: Jan Louter

Written By: Lisa Ko, Eric Martin, Lois Vossen

PBS
Dec 12, 2006

PBS
Dec 12, 2006

Independent Lens

S8 • Episode 7

A Sad Flower in the Sand

Air Date: Dec 12, 2006

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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.

Documentary

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Episode 1 • Oct 24, 2006

Still Life with Animated Dogs

Episode 2 • Oct 24, 2006

The World According to Sesame Street

Episode 3 • Oct 31, 2006

Episode 4 • Nov 7, 2006

Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire

Episode 5 • Nov 21, 2006

Democracy on Deadline: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press

Episode 6 • Nov 28, 2006 • 1 h

Two Square Miles

Episode 7 • Dec 12, 2006

A Sad Flower in the Sand

Episode 8 • Dec 19, 2006 • 1 h

Revolution: Five Visions

Episode 9 • Dec 26, 2006

Episode 10 • Jan 2, 2007 • 54 m

A Fish Story is a tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle against a coalition of national environmental groups for control of the ocean.

Episode 11 • Jan 16, 2007

Episode 12 • Jan 23, 2007 • 1 h

Beyond the Call

Episode 13 • Jan 30, 2007

Episode 14 • Feb 1, 2007 • 1 h 30 m

Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

Billy Strayhorn was one of the forces behind the sound of the renowned Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Episode 15 • Feb 13, 2007

Motherland Afghanistan

Medical care for Afghan women, after the U.S. invasion.

Episode 16 • Feb 20, 2007

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

A hip-hop fan addresses the art form's problems with sexism, masculinity, violence, and homophobia.

Episode 17 • Feb 27, 2007 • 1 h 22 m

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

Episode 18 • Mar 20, 2007 • 1 h 30 m

Episode 19 • Mar 27, 2007 • 54 m

Race to Execution

Episode 20 • Apr 3, 2007

Episode 21 • Apr 10, 2007

Episode 22 • Oct 13, 2005 • 1 h 49 m

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Corporate audio and videotapes tell the inside story of the scandal involving one company's manipulation of California's energy supply and its, and how its executives wrung a billion dollars out of the resulting crisis.

Episode 23 • May 8, 2007

The Cats of Mirikitani

Episode 24 • May 15, 2007

Episode 25 • May 22, 2007

Episode 26 • May 29, 2007

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Episode 27 • Jun 5, 2007 • 1 h

La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul

Episode 28 • Apr 17, 2007

Are you male or female? For members of the transgender community, the answer is often complex. A documentary film about the New England Transgendered Community.

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