Independent Lens
Reel Injun (#1203)
Explores the "Hollywood Indian," the portrayal of American Natives through a century of cinema. [56 minutes]
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This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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Independent Lens | America Ferrera - Reel Injun... (#1203)
Join us for Native American Heritage Month 00:37
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Independent Lens | Reel Injun - Video Extra | PBS (#1203)
Native students react to the depiction of an Indian massacre in "Little Big Man." 02:34
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Independent Lens | Reel Injun: Clip 2 | PBS (#1203)
"After playing the bonehead savage for so many years, the Navajo get their sweet revenge." 01:18
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Independent Lens | Reel Injun: Clip 1 | PBS (#1203)
On Will Sampson's performance in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." 01:54
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Independent Lens | Reel Injun: Clip 3 | PBS (#1203)
"Dances With Wolves" - fleshed-out characters or same old stereotypes? Since the dawn of cinema, Hollywood has... 01:30
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The Revolutionary Optimists (#1417)
Amlan Ganguly is a lawyer-turned-social entrepreneur who has trasformed some of the poorest slums of Kolkata by empowering children to become leaaders in improving health and sanitation. [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 20, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 20, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 20, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 22, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 23, 10:30 PM on IPTV
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Deaf Jam (#1304)
Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry as she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a youth slam. [56 minutes]
- Thu, June 20, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 20, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 22, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 22, 12:00 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, June 26, 4:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, June 26, 10:00 AM on IPTV World
Past Episodes
These episodes of Independent Lens aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- The Revolutionary Optimists (#1417)
- Deaf Jam (#1304)
- Two Spirits (#1225)
- Love Free or Die (#1403)
- We Were Here (#1326)
- Detropia (#1415)
- Soul Food Junkies (#1405)
- The Invisible War (#1416)
- Seeking Asian Female (#1414)
- A Village Called Versailles (#1126)
- The Undocumented (#1413)
- The Island President (#1412)
- Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (#1411)
- Wham! Bam! Islam! (#1301)
- The House I Live In (#1410)
- Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Free at Last (5 of 5) (#1312)
- Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas) (#1117)
- The Desert of Forbidden Art (#1217)
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (#1409)
- The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights (#1408)
- As Goes Janesville (#1402)
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (#1314)
- The Revisionaries (#1407)