Episode list

Independent Lens

India's Daughter
The rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi, India, sparks an international movement.
8.9 /10
Mimi and Dona

Sun, Nov 22, 2015
Mimi Thornton, a 92-year-old widow, must find a home for her daughter, who needs full-time care.
7.8 /10
East of Salinas
EAST OF SALINAS is a documentary about immigration, childhood and the cruelty of circumstance. An undocumented 3rd grader dreams of becoming an engineer. As deportation and gang violence threaten his future, this bighearted, ambitious boy begins to understand what it really means to be "born in Mexico".
7.1 /10
A Ballerina's Tale
A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
7.2 /10
Wilhemina's War
A grandmother tries to help her family through HIV in the rural south, where living with AIDS is a grim reality.
6.9 /10
My Nazi Legacy
Niklas Frank and Horst von Wachter explore the characters of their fathers, Hans Frank and Otto von Wachter, two men responsible for thousands of deaths during World War II.
8 /10
The Armor of Light
The Armor of Light follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, who is trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America, and Lucy McBath, the mother of an unarmed teenager who was murdered in Florida and whose story cast a spotlight on the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws.
6.6 /10
Dogtown Redemption
Dogtown Redemption is the story of three homeless recyclers surviving in West Oakland, a neighborhood decimated by unemployment, addiction, and violence.
7 /10
Trapped

Sun, Jun 19, 2016
Healthcare providers and others in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama fight new Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws designed to restrict abortion access.
7.4 /10

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