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

Bike Vessel Father and son bond on an ambitious, 350-mile bike ride in this portrait of familial love.
  • Airdate Monday, February 24, 2025 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original2/24/2025
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Home Court Cambodian American basketball prodigy Ashley Chea's life intensifies amid college recruitment, injury, and triumph.
  • Airdate Monday, March 24, 2025 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original3/24/2025
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WE WANT THE FUNK! The story of the rise and influence of funk music, including the explosion of '70s urban funk.
  • Airdate Tuesday, April 8, 2025 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Original4/8/2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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People's Republic of Desire

For young Chinese raised on social media, virtual relationships are replacing real-life connections.

  • Original2/25/2019
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Decade of Fire

Discover why the Bronx burned in the 1970s and meet those who chose to resist, remain and rebuild.

  • Original11/4/2019
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Attla

Discover the inspiring true story of legendary Alaska Native dogsled champion George Attla.

  • Original12/16/2019
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Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Meet a visionary doctor discovering a new way to use the immune system to help defeat cancer.

  • Original4/27/2020
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Pipe Dreams

Follow four ultra-talented young people playing in the Canadian International Organ Competition.

  • Original6/22/2020
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Coded Bias Join the fight to expose threats to civil liberties posed by our new data-driven, automated world.
  • Original3/22/2021
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A Reckoning in Boston A white filmmaker collaborates with Clemente Course students of color to reckon racial history.
  • Original1/17/2022
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Press Contacts

Aisha Almada

Publicity Manager, ITVS/Independent Lens