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

Vivien's Wild Ride When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means to see.
  • Airdate Monday, January 26, 2026 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original1/26/2026
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2705 The Librarians TBD
  • Airdate Monday, February 9, 2026 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original2/9/2026
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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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Greener Pastures Follow the people dealing with economic uncertainty and the healthcare crisis in rural America.
  • Original3/25/2024
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If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis Rural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care.
  • Original3/25/2024
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A Thousand Pines A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests.
  • Original4/1/2024
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Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's A mother, an optician, and a cartoonist each navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease.
  • Original4/8/2024
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One with the Whale An Alaska Native family maintains a subsistence life on a tiny Bering Sea island where, if you don’t hunt, you die.
  • Original4/23/2024
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The Tuba Thieves The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is not about theft; it is about the nature of sound itself.
  • Original5/20/2024
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One Person, One Vote? Why does the U.S. have the Electoral College? Learn more following four presidential electors during the 2020 election.
  • Original9/30/2024
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Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen A Marine Corps veteran's mission is to help Gold Star families of the fallen and find healing himself.
  • Original11/11/2024
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Part 1 (Episodes 1 and 2) Dallas, 2019 captures the pulse of a city and the people who work and live there, all trying to build a better future.
  • Original1/3/2025
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Press Contacts

Aisha Almada

Publicity Manager, ITVS/Independent Lens