Trailer | This Winter on Independent Lens

This Spring Independent Lens, your go-to destination for documentaries, offers a captivating slate of films including Free Chol Soo Lee, Matter of Mind: My ALS, Sam Now, and Mama Bears. These highly acclaimed films can be viewed live or streamed anytime on the PBS app.

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Preview Length 01:00 Premiere: 12/14/22

Recent Episodes

True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

S27 E14 Length 1:26:04 Premiere Date 07/06/26

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S27 E13 Length 56:05 Premiere Date 06/22/26

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S27 E12 Length 1:25:34 Premiere Date 05/25/26

Light of the Setting Sun

S27 E11 Length 1:12:19 Premiere Date 05/18/26

Natchez

S27 E10 Length 1:25:40 Premiere Date 05/11/26

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S27 E9 Length 55:40 Premiere Date 04/13/26

Clips & Previews

Bhutto: Democracy in Pakistan

Clip Length 06:59 Premiere Date 01/25/13

Lois Vossen on Curation at Sundance

Clip Length 03:29 Premiere Date 01/24/13

New Frontier: Sparking Innovation at Sundance

Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 01/24/13

God Loves Uganda: Sundance Premiere

Clip Length 03:08 Premiere Date 01/24/13

Outlawed in Pakistan: Sundance Premiere

Clip Length 02:35 Premiere Date 01/24/13

From Sundance to Oscar: Profile of Filmmaker David France

Clip Length 02:23 Premiere Date 01/24/13

The Boys of “American Promise”

Clip Length 02:52 Premiere Date 01/24/13

Half the Sky: Jane Ngori Turns a House into a Home in Kenya

Clip Length 07:37 Premiere Date 09/30/12

Rose Mapendo Shares Her Story to Inspire Action

Clip Length 09:47 Premiere Date 03/22/12

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Beverly

Clip Length 03:24 Premiere Date 03/01/12

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Sonia

Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 03/01/12

Women and Girls Lead: Melanne Verveer Web Exclusive

Clip Length 01:14 Premiere Date 03/01/12

Half the Sky: Desmond Tutu's Message About Manmade Customs

Clip Length 01:18 Premiere Date 03/01/12

Specials

Spice Road | What Indians REALLY Eat for Breakfast | S2 E7

Length 04:37 Premiere Date 08/04/26

Spice Road | Can She Identify Indian Bread Blindfolded? | S2 E6

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 07/28/26

Spice Road | Which Butter Chicken Wins? | S2 E5

Length 04:19 Premiere Date 07/21/26

Spice Road | What Happens When Indian Spices Meet Mexican Classics? | S2 E4

Length 06:25 Premiere Date 07/14/26

Spice Road | This Bangladeshi Pizza Joint Was Ranked One of the Best in America | S2 E3

Length 15:12 Premiere Date 07/07/26

Spice Road | You’ve Never Had Indian Food Like This| S2 E2

Length 16:49 Premiere Date 06/30/26

Spice Road | Inside Chicago's First Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant | S2 E1

Length 16:44 Premiere Date 06/23/26

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 3: Coming Home

Length 15:13 Premiere Date 09/23/25

The Opioid Trilogy, Episode 2: Do No Harm

Length 15:10 Premiere Date 09/16/25

The Grocery List Show | Latino Grocery Store in Brooklyn | Ep 5

Length 12:21 Premiere Date 06/25/25

Camp Widow

Length 15:21 Premiere Date 06/23/25

The Grocery List Show | Family-Run Italian Market in New Jersey | Ep 4

Length 10:31 Premiere Date 06/18/25

The Grocery List Show | A Little Caribbean Market in Brooklyn | Ep 3

Length 10:31 Premiere Date 06/11/25

The Grocery List Show | Halal Grocery in Brooklyn | Ep 2

Length 12:07 Premiere Date 06/04/25

The Grocery List Show | Seafood City in Chicago | Ep 1

Length 12:39 Premiere Date 05/28/25

Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6

Length 05:30 Premiere Date 12/18/24

Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5

Length 24:13 Premiere Date 12/10/24

The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4

Length 22:13 Premiere Date 12/03/24

America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3

Length 24:45 Premiere Date 11/26/24

Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2

Length 23:40 Premiere Date 11/19/24

The Making of a Griot | United States of Comedy, Ep 1

Length 23:51 Premiere Date 11/12/24

All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5

Length 04:15 Premiere Date 10/14/24

The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4

Length 04:52 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Wild Hogs and Saffron

Length 18:29 Premiere Date 09/16/24

When I Close My Eyes

Length 24:02 Premiere Date 06/25/24

After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 18:05 Premiere Date 03/19/24

D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 12:44 Premiere Date 03/12/24

First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology

Length 12:36 Premiere Date 03/05/24

1 Hour Cozy Yule Log | Independent Lens

Length 1:00:03 Premiere Date 12/12/23

Breaking Silence

Length 17:59 Premiere Date 11/16/23

LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4

Length 16:31 Premiere Date 08/03/23

Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3

Length 20:51 Premiere Date 07/20/23

Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2

Length 16:31 Premiere Date 07/06/23

Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1

Length 16:08 Premiere Date 06/22/23

Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

Length 11:54 Premiere Date 04/20/23

Maletero

Length 15:32 Premiere Date 03/23/23

Underground

Length 09:46 Premiere Date 03/02/23

The Command Center to Bring Women Home

Length 20:58 Premiere Date 10/01/22

Brother

Length 14:21 Premiere Date 07/06/22

Our League

Length 36:38 Premiere Date 06/15/22

Folk Frontera

Length 14:08 Premiere Date 05/25/22

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock

Length 10:38 Premiere Date 04/30/21

Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer

Length 08:19 Premiere Date 09/07/17

Jose and Mr. Ramos

Length 09:57 Premiere Date 08/07/17

Sophie and Ben

Length 12:14 Premiere Date 07/31/17

Never Conquered

Length 10:07 Premiere Date 07/28/17

TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film

Length 05:24 Premiere Date 02/14/17

The Rise of SWAT

Length 02:01 Premiere Date 05/08/16

The Black Panthers: Ericka Huggins

Premiere Date 02/16/16

The Black Panthers: Jamal Joseph