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Independent Lens (1999) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Independent Lens online in HD.

Independent Lens — Storyline

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers and featuring unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Stanley Tucci

Independent Lens — Series Details

Independent Lens — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang (1999-08-09)
• E2: Nothing but the Truth (1999-08-16)
• E3: Visas and Virtues; I Am Viet Hung (1999-08-23)
• E4: The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1999-08-30)
• E5: The Jew in the Lotus (1999-09-06)
• E6: Holy Tortilla/Lock and Key (1999-09-13)
• E7: Secret People (1999-10-04)
• E8: I Can't Believe I Married a Lesbian (1999-10-11)

Season 2

• E1: Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors (2000-10-06)
• E2: No Hair Day (2000-10-10)
• E3: Short Stories (2000-10-16)
• E4: Born in the USA (2000-10-23)
• E5: Girl Gone Bad (2000-10-30)
• E6: Passing Through; Graham's Diner (2000-11-06)
• E7: The Return of Navajo Boy (2000-11-13)
• E8: Music in Their Bones (2000-11-20)
• E9: In Harm's Way; Carved from the Heart (2000-11-27)
• E10: A Wok in Progress (2000-12-04)

Season 3

• E1: Confederacy Theory (2001-09-07)
• E2: Who Owns the Past? (2001-09-14)
• E3: Secrets of Silicon Valley (2001-09-15)
• E4: Gibtown (2001-09-21)
• E5: Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants (2001-09-22)
• E6: Good Kurds, Bad Kurds (2001-09-28)
• E7: Open Outcry (2001-10-05)
• E8: The Split Horn (2001-10-12)
• E9: Undetectable (2001-10-19)
• E10: Romancing the Throne (2001-11-09)

Season 4

• E1: Maggie Growls (2003-02-04)
• E2: Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story (2003-02-11) — “Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story,” a wry exploration of the industry in which record producers set amateurs' poems to music and record them (for a fee, of course). Included are
• E3: On This Island (2003-02-18) — On an isolated Maine island of 350 people, a clash over arts education spins out of control into vandalism and death threats, tearing apart friends and neighbors. Sigourney Weaver
• E4: Downside Up (2003-02-25) — Since the 1980s, the rural working class town of North Adams, Massachusetts, has struggled to kick-start its economy following the mill closings. This program explores how, with th
• E5: Los Trabajadores/The Workers (2003-03-25)
• E6: Chiefs (2003-04-01)
• E7: Strange Fruit (2003-04-08)
• E8: Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott (2003-04-22)
• E9: Sisters in Resistance (2003-04-29)
• E10: Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai (2003-05-06) — Heart of the Sea is an hour-long documentary about Hawaiian legend Rell “Kapolioka'ehukai” Sunn who died in January 1998 of breast cancer at the age of 47. Known worldwide as a pio
• E11: Guns and Mothers (2003-05-13)
• E12: Razing Appalachia (2003-05-20)
• E13: Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer (2003-05-27)
• E14: Daddy & Papa (2003-06-03) — Daddy & Papa is a one-hour documentary film made by producer/director Johnny Symons in 2002, it explores same-sex parenting as seen in the lives of four families headed by male cou

Season 5

• E1: Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz (2003-10-14)
• E2: Foto-Novelas 2: `Junkyard Saints' and `Broken Sky' (2003-10-21)
• E3: Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America (2003-10-28)
• E4: A Wedding in Ramallah (2003-11-04)
• E5: Be Good, Smile Pretty (2003-11-11)
• E6: Livermore (2003-11-25)
• E7: Eroica! (2003-12-09)
• E8: Loaded Gun: Life and Death and Dickinson (2003-12-16)
• E9: Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad (2003-12-23) — Get the Fire: Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad is a United States PBS-sponsored documentary, by the independent filmmaker Nancy du Plessis. It examines the experiences of some Morm
• E10: Man Bites Shorts (2003-12-30)
• E11: Make 'Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story (2004-01-13)
• E12: Life Matters (2004-01-20)
• E13: Why Can't We Be a Family Again?; Downpour Resurfacing (2004-01-27)
• E14: Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2004-02-10)
• E15: A Place of Our Oen — "Black Resort Communities and the African American Dream" Stanley Nelson is a third-generation, upper middle-class African American who spent the past 40 summers in Oak Bluffs, an
• E16: Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew (2004-02-24) — Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew is a film portrait of the now famous jazz vocalist who was "rediscovered" decades after he disappeared from the public eye.

  The documentary blends co

• E17: Sentencing the Victim (2004-03-02)
• E18: T-Shirt Travels (2004-03-23)
• E19: Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas (2004-03-30)
• E20: Love Inventory (2004-04-13)
• E21: Ram Dass: Fierce Grace (2004-04-20)
• E22: The Weather Underground (2004-04-27) — "Hello. I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war… Within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." — Bernardine Dohrn Thirty years
• E23: One Night at the Grand Star; Double Exposure (2004-05-04)
• E24: Refugee (2004-05-11)
• E25: Death of a Shaman (2004-05-27)
• E26: Cosmopolitan (2004-06-01)
• E27: Sumo East and West (2004-06-08) — In recent years, the ancient art of sumo has witnessed the rise of an increasing number of foreigners to the top of its professional ranks. From Hawaii to Atlantic City, the experi
• E28: The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out (2004-06-15)

Season 6

• E1: The Political Dr. Seuss (2004-10-26) — The Political Dr. Seuss is a 2004 documentary film written by Ron Lamothe, Eric Martin and Lois Vossen, and directed by Ron Lamothe.
• E2: Polka Time (2004-11-09)
• E3: Afghanistan Unveiled (2004-11-16)
• E4: Los Angeles Now (2004-11-23) — Los Angeles Now is a 60 minute documentary by producer/director Phillip Rodriguez. It first aired in November 2004 on PBS’s Independent Lens series.

  The documentary investigates t

• E5: The Day My God Died (2004-11-30)
• E6: Girl Wrestler (2004-12-14)
• E7: Fine; Doki-Doki (2004-12-21)
• E8: Short, Not Sweet (2004-12-28)
• E9: A Hard Straight (2005-01-04)
• E10: A Touch of Greatness (2005-01-11)
• E11: Power Trip (2005-01-25)
• E12: February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four (2005-02-01)
• E13: On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream — Greg Smith and his family bare all in this unflinching portrait of a 65-pound man striving for the American dream. Fueled by discrimination, Smith created "On a Roll" talk radio fr
• E14: Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry (2005-02-22)
• E15: Sisters of '77 (2005-03-01) — Sisters of '77 is a documentary film that chronicles an unprecedented event in women's history, the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in November 1977. The purpos
• E16: Sunset Story (2005-03-22)
• E17: Let the Church Say Amen (2005-03-29)
• E18: A Lion's Trail (2005-04-05)
• E19: Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton (2005-04-12)
• E20: End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again (2005-04-26) — A profile of seminal punk band the Ramones includes concert footage, interviews with group members and clips of bands that influenced them or were influenced by them. Bassist Dee D
• E21: The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree (2005-05-03)
• E22: Imelda (2005-05-10)
• E23: Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion (2005-05-10) — How has Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, managed to court, coddle, use and abuse power for nearly four decades? News clips, propaganda films, home movies, v
• E24: Red Hook Justice (2005-05-24)
• E25: Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare! (2005-05-31)
• E26: Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story (2005-06-07)
• E27: Brother to Brother (2005-06-14)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Independent Lens have? 28 season(s) with 543 episodes.

Where can I watch Independent Lens? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.