Video: Independent Lens
Airing weekly on PBS, the Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens is like an independent film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who are taking creative risks, calling their own shots and finding untold stories in unexpected places.
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1107)
"You can now buy into good design and good taste." How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) ... 02:12
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1107)
Apple's Jonathan Ive gets obsessive. 04:12
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Independent Lens | OBJECTIFIED | Trailer | PBS (#1107)
How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA) looks at our complex relationship with manufactured ... 01:45
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmo | PBS
"It was very clear. As long as we are out of our country and can't go back, let's just go Hollywood." They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and ... 04:20
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | Clip #3 | PBS (#1106)
"A camera was considered a weapon by the Russians. They shot you on the spot." They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with classic ... 05:14
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | PBS (#1106)
"I said to Laszlo, 'If you move the camera and I see you do it, you lose a finger.'" They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with ... 02:50
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Independent Lens | NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos | Trailer | PBS (#1106)
They took Hollywood by storm—escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame with classic films like Easy Rider, Deliverance, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ... 02:09
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | PBS (#1105)
Full Program: A budding rock star faces his own mortality when his kidney fails on the road. Watch until 11/17/09. 01:25:09
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Independent Lens | Young@Heart Preview | PBS
Watch the full film 1/12/10, 9PM on PBS. 02:02
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1105)
Jill Nielsen-Farrell and her family explain her decision to volunteer to be a living donor for Pat. 01:41
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1105)
On the road in Phoenix, Pat gets an opportunity to meet the family of the young man whose kidney Pat received. 02:55
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | Film Clip #1 | PBS (#1105)
Pat's daily dialysis regimen requires vigilance about germs and some creative problem-solving. 05:04
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Independent Lens | D TOUR | Preview | PBS (#1105)
Pat Spurgeon has big dreams to make it as an indie rock musician. Just as his career is about to take off, he suffers an incredible setback when one of his kidneys begins to fail. Follow Pat on his emotional ... 03:41
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Independent Lens | POWER PATHS | Film Clip #4 | PBS (#1104)
"Water has the power to take life and to give life. If you don't respect it, you might find yourself in a serious situation." 02:42
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Independent Lens | POWER PATHS | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1104)
The Black Mesa and Kayenta mines became the largest coal strip-mining complex in the world. 01:42
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Independent Lens | POWER PATHS | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1104)
"It was obviously the dirtiest coal-fired power plant in the West." It's time to cut our dependence on fossil fuel and pursue renewable energy. But how can it be done? Native American tribes turn to solar ... 02:30
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Independent Lens | POWER PATHS | Trailer | PBS (#1104)
It's time to cut our dependence on fossil fuel and pursue renewable energy. But how can it be done? Native American tribes turn to solar and wind sources to provide clean sustainable energy for cities ... 01:37
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Independent Lens | JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL | PBS (#1103)
Full Program: A young pickpocket is lured by police to help them crack down on more notorious criminals. 53:54
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Independent Lens | JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1103)
Azad pledges loyalty to his fellow thieves. 01:04
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Independent Lens | JOURNALS OF A WILY SCHOOL | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1103)
A victim shows police his sliced pocket. 02:08
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