Season 21

Independent Lens

The First Rainbow Coalition

S21 Ep7 | 56m 5s

Across lines of race and ethnicity, alliances formed among Chicago activists in the '60s.

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Always in Season

S21 Ep11 | 1h 25m 45s

A haunting exploration of lynching and racial violence in America.

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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

S21 Ep8 | 56m 5s

Were the 739 deaths from Chicago's 1995 heatwave a one-time tragedy or appalling trend?

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Pipe Dreams

S21 Ep19 | 55m 43s

Talented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.

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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

S21 Ep18 | 1h 26m 5s

Reclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth.

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Rewind

S21 Ep16 | 1h 24m 47s

Rewind paints a vivid but hopeful portrait of a family plagued by a cycle of abuse.

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Jim Allison: Breakthrough

S21 Ep15 | 1h 26m 4s

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.

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The Hottest August

S21 Ep14 | 56m 4s

Ordinary New Yorkers share their anxieties about the future while bracing for record heat.

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We Believe In Dinosaurs

S21 Ep10 | 1h 26m 4s

The Bible and science collide amid the battleground of a Kentucky creationism museum.

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Leftover Women

S21 Ep9 | 1h 25m 3s

Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood.

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Decade of Fire

S21 Ep2 | 56m

Decade of Fire covers the shocking story of when the South Bronx was on fire in the '70s.