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  • Jun 19, 2008

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.

Written By: Eric Martin, Zinna Riley, Lois Vossen

  • PBS
  • Jun 19, 2008
  • PBS
  • Jun 19, 2008
Independent Lens
S9 • Episode 26
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
Air Date: Jun 19, 2008
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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 16, 2007
Wordplay
Episode 2 • Oct 23, 2007
Please Vote for Me
Episode 3 • Oct 30, 2007
Storm of Emotions
Episode 4 • Nov 6, 2007
Red White Black & Blue
Episode 5 • Nov 13, 2007
Miss Navajo
Episode 6 • Nov 20, 2007
The Creek Runs Red
Episode 7 • Nov 27, 2007
Sisters in Law
Episode 8 • Dec 11, 2007
The Paper
Episode 9 • Dec 18, 2007
An Unreasonable Man
Episode 10 • Jan 8, 2008
Today's Man
Episode 11 • Jan 15, 2008 • 1 h 40 m
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
Episode 12 • Jan 22, 2008
A Son's Sacrifice
Episode 13 • Jan 29, 2008
How Is Your Fish Today?
Episode 14 • Feb 19, 2008
Banished
In the early 20th century, three southern communities forcibly remove African-Americans from the populations.
Episode 15 • Feb 26, 2008
Hard Road Home
Episode 16 • Mar 18, 2008
Iron Ladies of Liberia
Episode 17 • Apr 1, 2008
Compañeras
Episode 18 • Apr 8, 2008
Water Flowing Together
Episode 19 • Apr 15, 2008
King Corn
Episode 20 • May 6, 2008
Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula
Episode 21 • May 20, 2008
A Dream in Doubt
Episode 22 • May 27, 2008
New Year Baby
Episode 23 • Jun 3, 2008
Writ Writer
Episode 24 • Jun 10, 2008 • 1 h 26 m
The Cool School
Episode 25 • Jun 15, 2008
Deep Water
Episode 26 • Jun 19, 2008
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
27 Seasons

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