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Independent Lens Season 23 Episodes
Season 23 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2021 - 2022
Episode 1
Cured
Mon, Oct 11, 2021 120 mins
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards.
Episode 2
Ferguson Rises
Mon, Nov 8, 2021 120 mins
Michael Brown Sr.'s son was killed in 2014 by white police officer Darren Wilson, an event that fueled the global Black Lives Matter movement. But his personal story seeking justice and healing has not been told until now.
Episode 3
Storm Lake
Mon, Nov 15, 2021 120 mins
Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a Pulitzer-winning newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its share of changes. Editor Art Cullen and his family dedicate themselves to keeping the paper alive as local journalism across the country dies out.
Episode 4
Duty Free
Mon, Nov 22, 2021 120 mins
Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures. Her journey uncovers the economic insecurity faced by millions of Americans.
Episode 5
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle
Tue, Nov 23, 2021 120 mins
Northern Arapaho tribal members travel to Pennsylvania to retrieve the stories and the remains of children who died at Carlisle Indian boarding school in the 1880s.
Episode 6
A Reckoning in Boston
Mon, Jan 17, 2022 120 mins
A white filmmaker sets out to document students of color enrolled in Boston's Clemente Course in the Humanities. He finds out that when it comes to exploring the city's history of racism and gentrification, it's his own education he needs to reckon with.
Episode 7
Missing in Brooks County
Mon, Jan 31, 2022 120 mins
Migrants go missing in rural South Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families whose loved ones have disappeared after crossing the Mexico border, one activist detective is their last hope.
Episode 8
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Tue, Jan 18, 2022 120 mins
Postwar housing policy created the world's largest middle class, but it set two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.
Episode 9
Bulletproof
Mon, Feb 14, 2022 120 mins
In an era of mass shootings, lockdown drills and teacher firearms training are as much a part of life in American schools as homecoming dances and basketball practice.
Episode 10
Apart
Mon, Feb 21, 2022 120 mins
Three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers, jailed for drug-related charges, fight to overcome alienation and the impact of America's War on Drugs.
Episode 11
Writing with Fire
Mon, Mar 28, 2022 120 mins
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities.
Episode 12
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
Mon, Apr 25, 2022 120 mins
Researchers take you on a mind-blowing journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness, connecting the dots between spirit and body.
Episode 13
Try Harder!
Mon, May 2, 2022 120 mins
San Francisco's Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. Follow seniors as the pressure to impress admissions officers at elite universities intensifies.
Episode 14
When Claude Got Shot
Mon, May 9, 2022 120 mins
After being shot in the face by 15-year-old Nathan King, Claude's path to recovery leads to forgiveness. But that path is paved with the complexities of race, violence, and justice.
Episode 15
Scenes from the Glittering World
Mon, May 16, 2022 120 mins
Following three Indigenous students, Scenes from the Glittering World is a meditation on adolescence, trauma, and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland.
Episode 16
A Once and Future Peace
Mon, May 23, 2022 120 mins
One Child Nation China's one-child policy forever changed the lives of mothers and children. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to explore the ripple effect of this social experiment.