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Independent Lens (1999 – ...)

1999 • 27 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG
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Independent Lens — Season 27

15 episodes · Oct 6, 2025

1. Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Oct 6, 2025 · 85m

Phil Sharp's RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.

2. Ratified
Oct 20, 2025 · 84m

A bipartisan coalition continues a century-long fight to add gender equality into the Constitution.

3. Life After
Oct 27, 2025 · 84m

Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy, and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option. Who gets real choice -- and who doesn't -- in life and death?

4. Vivien's Wild Ride
Jan 26, 2026 · 85m

When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means to see.

5. The Librarians
Feb 9, 2026 · 86m

Librarians across the U.S. examine how restrictions on library content are shaping communities. Drawing on historical context, the film explores the broader implications for education and public life.

6. The Inquisitor
Feb 23, 2026 · 86m

Barbara Jordan was a groundbreaking Texas congresswoman whose sharp intellect and moral clarity transformed U.S. politics. From Nixon's impeachment to civil rights battles, her voice demanded accountability, while she privately faced strugg…

7. Keep Quiet and Forgive
Mar 23, 2026 · 85m

Three decades after her assault, Lizzie confronts her Amish community’s silence around sexual abuse. She leads a movement to support fellow Amish and Mennonite survivors as they navigate trauma, faith, and family ties. With rare access, Kee…

8. The Tallest Dwarf
Apr 6, 2026 · 86m

The Tallest Dwarf follows filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community and unpacks rumors of dwarfism in her own family. Through intimate stories, creative collaborations, and archival history, …

9. BACKSIDE: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing
Apr 13, 2026 · 56m

Immigrant grooms work year-round on the hidden “backside” of Churchill Downs. Rising before dawn, they care for some of the world’s most prized Kentucky Derby racehorses, revealing how race, labor, and class shape an elite American industry…

10. Natchez
May 11, 2026 · 86m

Antebellum homes draw visitors to Natchez, Mississippi, but not everyone agrees on the stories being told. As tour guides, homeowners, and activists navigate competing histories, the town confronts the tension between preservation and truth…

11. Light of the Setting Sun
May 18, 2026 · 72m

A Chinese family’s multigenerational trauma unfolds across time, place, and identity. Turning the camera inward, filmmaker Vicky Du traces her family’s mental illness back to the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949. Spanning Taipei, Taiwan…

12. Third Act
May 25, 2026 · 86m

Generations call Robert A. Nakamura the godfather of Asian American film. Tadashi Nakamura calls him Dad. Tadashi turns the camera on his father as they confront art, activism, and aging. From WWII incarceration to cultural awakening and a …

13. Assembly
Jun 22, 2026 · 56m

Artist Rashaad Newsome prepares to showcase "Assembly," a groundbreaking exhibit at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. By blending visual art, performance, and artificial intelligence, the project centers the global evolution of vogue while hon…

14. True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power
Jul 6, 2026 · 86m

Through rare archival footage and firsthand accounts, True North revisits 1968 Montreal, where Black liberation movements converged at the Congress of Black Writers. As student protests ignited the Sir George Williams Affair, Black youth fa…

15. Flood
Jul 13, 2026 · 76m

Returning home to California’s Inland Empire, filmmaker Katy Scoggin seeks to reconnect with her estranged father, who works as an elementary science teacher. He is the only evangelical left in the family, and as they face their differences…