Independent Lens

Season 4

Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented communities and universal challenges found across America. The series has been awarded numerous Emmys and Peabodys, and has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards.

14 Episodes

Maggie Growls
Maggie GrowlsEpisode 1
Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story
Off the Charts: The Song-Poem StoryEpisode 2
On This Island
On This IslandEpisode 3
Downside Up
Downside UpEpisode 4
Los Trabajadores/The Workers
Los Trabajadores/The WorkersEpisode 5
Chiefs
ChiefsEpisode 6
Strange Fruit
Strange FruitEpisode 7
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne LamottEpisode 8
Sisters in Resistance
Sisters in ResistanceEpisode 9
Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai
Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukaiEpisode 10
Guns and Mothers
Guns and MothersEpisode 11
Razing Appalachia
Razing AppalachiaEpisode 12
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond PhotographerEpisode 13
Daddy & Papa
Daddy & PapaEpisode 14