Independent Lens Season 16 Episodes

Episode 1

Bully

Mon, Oct 13, 2014

Episode 2

Twin Sisters

Mon, Oct 20, 2014

The poignant story of two girls from China adopted as infants by two separate sets of parents - one from California, the other from a remote fishing village in Norway - who grow up knowing they have a twin living on the other side of the world. Despite being on different paths, the magical bond between them grows deeper.

Episode 3

Brakeless

Mon, Oct 27, 2014

Brakeless asks what led the driver of a Japanese commuter train to accelerate perilously, causing a deadly crash?

Episode 4

Powerless

Mon, Nov 3, 2014

Electricity Theft in India. Powerless captures the cat-and-mouse game of an outlaw electrician and the electric utility over illegal power hookups in Kanpur, India.

Episode 5

Happiness

Mon, Nov 17, 2014

A nine-year-old monk has never before left his Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas, where the nearest road is a three-day walk. When connected to electricity for the first time, he treks to the nearest city in search of a television, in a story of the bittersweet seduction of technology and progress.

Episode 6

Rich Hill

Mon, Jan 5, 2015

Episode 7

Evolution of a Criminal

Mon, Jan 12, 2015

Episode 8

The Kill Team

Mon, Jan 19, 2015

A young man with integrity and honor enlists in the army, but is horrified by what he actually signed up for.

Episode 9

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Black photographers have recorded the lives and aspirations of generations, from slavery to present day.

Episode 10

American Denial

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

Episode 11

Little White Lie

Mon, Mar 23, 2015

A filmmaker unlocks a family secret that leads to the truth about her biological father.

Episode 12

Little Hope Was Arson

Mon, Apr 6, 2015

Episode 13

The Homestretch

Mon, Apr 13, 2015

Episode 14

The Great Invisible

Sun, Apr 19, 2015

Episode 15

Kumu Hina

Mon, May 4, 2015

Episode 16

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

Mon, May 11, 2015

Choreographer Elizabeth Streb pioneers a movement form that explores physical and emotional human potential.

Episode 17

1971

Mon, May 18, 2015

Episode 18

Limited Partnership

Mon, Jun 15, 2015

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is the love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and Australian Tony Sullivan, who, in 1975, became one of the first same-sex couples in the world to be legally married. After applying for a green card for Tony based on their marriage, the couple received a denial letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Outraged at this letter, and to prevent Tony's impending deportation, the couple sued the U.S. government, filing the first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex marriage in U.S. history. This tenacious story of love, marriage and immigration equality is as precedent setting as it is little known - until now.

Episode 19

In the Shadow of Ebola

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Episode 20

Episode #16.20

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Episode 21

Episode #16.21

Tue, Feb 17, 2026