Independent Lens

Episode 1

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

Tue, Oct 11, 2005

Episode 2

En Route to Baghdad

Tue, Oct 18, 2005

Episode 3

The Last Cowboy

Tue, Oct 25, 2005 84 mins

Episode 4

A Family at War

Tue, Nov 8, 2005

Episode 5

Mirror Dance

Tue, Nov 15, 2005 53 mins

Identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saá became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparable, their relationship disintegrated as one sister left for America while the other embraced the Cuban Revolution. MIRROR DANCE is the story of two women forever linked by birth and dance, but struggling to overcome rifts not only between sisters but also between nations. A PBS Indies / Independent Lens selection.

Episode 6

Race Is the Place

Tue, Nov 22, 2005

A documentary featuring contemporary performance artists treating the subject of Race In America, along with archival footage and commentary from poet laureate Amiri Baraka.

Episode 7

Maid in America

Tue, Nov 29, 2005

Episode 8

Seoul Train

Tue, Dec 13, 2005

Episode 9

Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community

Tue, Dec 20, 2005

Episode 10

Short Stack: Lost & Found

Tue, Dec 27, 2005

Episode 11

Sheriff

Tue, Jan 3, 2006

Episode 12

Girl Trouble

Tue, Jan 17, 2006 60 mins

Episode 13

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

Tue, Feb 7, 2006

Episode 14

July '64

Tue, Feb 14, 2006

In the 1950s and 1960s, Rochester, New York became known as a successful city with a thriving business community and few problems. On the other hand, large numbers of poor black southerners had been moving to the city in the recent years. Those black citizens were largely denied the good jobs at local factories. These underprivileged citizens also felt themselves the victims of excessive police scrutiny, as well as police brutality. On a summer night in July 1964, there were altercations between the police and African-American Rochesterians. Those events escalated into riots. Over several nights, Rochester stores were looted and the streets were scenes of chaos and violence. Governor Nelson Rockefeller called out the National Guard to help the police keep order.

Episode 15

Almost Home

Tue, Feb 21, 2006

Follows the daily lives of senior residents and the staff of a retirement community in Milwaukee, Wisconisin.

Episode 16

The Loss of Nameless Things

Tue, Feb 28, 2006

Episode 17

Troop 1500

Tue, Mar 21, 2006 54 mins

Their mothers may be convicted thieves, murderers, and drug dealers, but the Girl Scouts of Troop 1500 want to be doctors, social workers, and marine biologists.

Episode 18

Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City

Tue, Mar 28, 2006 61 mins

Todays theme: Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City.

Episode 19

Trudell

Tue, Apr 11, 2006

Episode 20

La Sierra

Tue, Apr 18, 2006

Episode 21

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Tue, Apr 25, 2006

Episode 22

Music from the Inside Out

Tue, May 2, 2006

Episode 23

Fishbowl/American Made

Tue, May 9, 2006 26 mins

Its about Fishbowl and American Made.

Episode 24

Frozen Angels

Tue, May 16, 2006

Episode 25

The Devil's Miner

Tue, May 23, 2006

Episode 26

The Great Pink Scare

Tue, Jun 6, 2006 60 mins

Episode 27

The Real Dirt on Farmer John

Tue, Jun 13, 2006

Episode 28

A Lion in the House: Part 1

Wed, Jun 21, 2006

Episode 29

A Lion in the House: Part 2

Thu, Jun 22, 2006