Overview

INDEPENDENT LENS is an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. With founding executive producer Lois Vossen, the series has been honored with 10 Academy Award nominations and features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Stream anytime on the PBS app. For more visit pbs.org/independentlens.

Upcoming Episodes

Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's An intimate portrayal of three families confronting and coping with the unique challenges of Alzheimer’s.
  • Airdate Monday, May 5, 2025 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original5/5/2025
  • INLE2617
And So It Begins See how the Philippines' tense presidential race became the nation's fight for its soul.
  • Airdate Monday, May 12, 2025 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original5/12/2025
  • INLE2618
Free for All: The Public Library How public libraries shaped a nation and remain a beloved sanctuary for Americans today.
  • Airdate Thursday, April 29, 2027 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
  • Original4/29/2025
  • INLE2616

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Love in the Time of Fentanyl A drug consumption site gives hope to a community ravaged by the overdose crisis.
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Episode 3
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Wilhemina’s War

Witness a Southern grandmother’s struggles to help her family through the scourge of HIV.

  • Original2/29/2016
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Winnie

Explore the complex life of Winnie Mandela and her decades-long struggle to bring down Apartheid.

  • Original2/5/2018
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Press Contacts

Aisha Almada

Publicity Manager, ITVS/Independent Lens