Independent Lens
The Last Cowboy (#703)
Vernon Sager is a cowboy struggling to survive in Porcupine, South Dakota, in this story of real cowboys and Indians living in the middle of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Winters with temperatures that reach 30 degrees below zero and summers with prairie fires and frying-pan heat have pushed most of Sager's family and friends off the land. But Vernon still gets up at 3:00 a.m. to saddle his horse and count calves. This program is the real-deal Rawhide, the story of people fighting to preserve a vanishing way of life. [86 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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Independent Lens | What is "Yellow... (#1414)
www.pbs.org/independentlens/se... Premiering May 6, 2013 at 10p... 04:22
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Independent Lens | Do Asian Women Have... (#1414)
www.pbs.org/independentlens/se... Premiering May 6, 2013 at 10p... 07:58
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Independent Lens | What about Interracial... (#1414)
www.pbs.org/independentlens/se... Premiering May 6, 2013 at 10p... 07:08
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Independent Lens | Seeking Asian Female | PBS (#1414)
Full Program: Watch this film through June 2. 55:25
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Independent Lens | The Invisible War Influences... (#1416)
Watch The Invisible War - premiering Monday, May 13 at 10pm (check local listings) 00:36
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News & Announcements
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Herb and Dorothy Vogel's Art Collection
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The Documentary Film King Corn: On the Monday, April 21 edition of The Iowa Journal
(Johnston, Iowa) – Monday’s episode of The Iowa Journal will examine the independent film King... more »
Series Description: 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. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns. Actor Stanley Tucci hosts.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Soul Food Junkies (#1405)
The benefits and consequences of the African American traditional soul food diet are examined. [56 minutes]
- Wed, May 22, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, May 22, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, May 22, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- Thu, May 23, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sat, May 25, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, May 26, 11:00 PM on IPTV
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Detropia (#1415)
A dynamic cluster of innovators and creative entrepreneurs in Detroit, Michigan are profiled. [86 minutes]
- Wed, May 29, 7:30 AM on IPTV World
- Wed, May 29, 1:30 PM on IPTV World
- Wed, May 29, 6:30 PM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 2, 10:30 PM on IPTV
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The Invisible War (#1416)
One of America's most shameful secrets, the epidemic of rape within the US military, is examined. [86 minutes]
- Sat, June 1, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
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We Were Here (#1326)
A look at how the community worked together when AIDS came to San Francisco in the early 1980s. [86 minutes]
- Mon, June 3, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 4, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, June 4, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 9, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
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Love Free or Die (#1403)
Faith, love, homosexuality and church collide as Gene Robinson becomes the first openly gay bishop. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 5, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 6, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 6, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 6, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 8, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 9, 10:30 PM on IPTV
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Two Spirits (#1225)
A revealing look at the life and death of one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 12, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 13, 12:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 13, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
- Thu, June 13, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, June 15, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
- Sun, June 16, 10:30 PM on IPTV
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Deaf Jam (#1304)
Deaf teens reveal passions, frustrations and humor as they discover American Sign Language poetry. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 19, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
- 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
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The Revolutionary Optimists (#1417)
Children are helping to make radical health and sanitation improvements in the slums of Calcutta. [56 minutes]
- Wed, June 19, 7:00 PM on IPTV World
- 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
Past Episodes
These episodes of Independent Lens aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- 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)
- Beauty Is Embarrassing (#1406)
- Soul Food Junkies (#1405)
- Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The Bottom Line (#1311)
- Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - From Selma to Soweto (#1310)
- Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - The New Generation (#1309)
- Have You Heard from Johannesburg? - Road to Resistance (#1308)
- Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison (#1320)
- Men Who Swim (#1210)