Independent Lens
Doc (#1007)
The personal story of literary figure Harold Louis Humes sheds light on life in postwar America.
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This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Doc | Film Clip 4 (#1007)
Novelist Paul Auster recalls "hipster visionary neo-prophet" Doc Humes and his plan to bring down the U.S. government. 02:56
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Doc | Film Clip 3 | PBS (#1007)
Harold Louis "Doc" Humes' mental state is not helped when he discovers that one of his compatriots used to be in the CIA.... 01:41
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Doc | Film Clip 2 | PBS (#1007)
In this clip, Norman Mailer talks about how the counterculture of the '50s was anti-Cold War, anti-complacency and aimed ... 02:38
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Doc | Preview (#1007)
A biography of literary figure Harold Louis "Doc" Humes by his daughter, DOC tells the story of a life crammed full of ideas ... 03:17
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Film Clip #4 | PBS... (#1107)
"Why do we feel we need to keep revisiting the archetype over and over again?" How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush ... 02:58
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Miss Navajo (#905)
Follows contestants in their quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown, featuring stories of winners.
- Tue, November 24, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Fri, November 27, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
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Objectified (#1107)
Looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects and the creative people who design them.
- Wed, November 25, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
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- Wed, November 25, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
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Between The Folds (#1108)
Theoretical scientists and fine artists abandon their careers and forge new lives creating origami.
- Wed, December 9, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 9, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 9, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
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Herb and Dorothy (#1101)
With their modest means, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel built an important contemporary art collection.
- Wed, December 16, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
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- Wed, December 16, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- Thu, December 17, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
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Helvetica (#1012)
Historians and designers discuss this popular font, used on corporate logos and government forms.
- Wed, December 23, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 23, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 23, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- Thu, December 24, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, December 27, 11:00 PM on IPTV
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Butte, America (#1102)
Gabriel Byrne narrates stories of five generation mining families in working class Butte, Montana.
- Sun, December 27, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
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Scenes from a Parish (#1109)
A young priest finds boiling ethnic tension in a changing working-class community in Massachusetts.
- Wed, December 30, 7:30 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 30, 1:30 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 30, 6:30 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 30, 11:30 PM on IPTV World
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Knocking (#825)
Reveals how Jehovah's Witnesses have helped shape history beyond the doorstep.
- Wed, December 30, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 30, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, December 30, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
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Past Episodes
These episodes of Independent Lens aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Miss Navajo (#905)
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (#1106)
- D Tour (#1105)
- Power Paths (#1104)
- March Point (#1005)
- Journals of a Wily School (#1103)
- Butte, America (#1102)
- Herb and Dorothy (#1101)
- Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos (#1026)
- Tulia, Texas (#1014)
- Black Gold (#821)
- La Lupe Queen of Latin Soul (#827)
