Video: Independent Lens
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.
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Independent Lens | Welcome to Shelbyville | Through Discrimination, Common Ground | PBS (#1224)
The American Dream seems out of reach for many immigrants in Shelbyville. 02:47
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Independent Lens | Welcome to Shelbyville | Say Amen, Shelbyville! | PBS (#1224)
Differences dissolve as bread, company, and customs are shared during a community dinner. 02:35
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Independent Lens | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | Got Bugs? | PBS (#1223)
Japan's fascination with insects could help us re-imagine our relationship to nature. 00:28
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Independent Lens | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | Small is Beautiful | PBS (#1223)
Insects, like haiku or a Zen garden, can represent the world at large writ small. 03:16
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Independent Lens | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | Ode to the Six-Legged Muse | PBS (#1223)
Haiku is an interpretation of the brevity of life, and the never ending cycle of nature. 02:40
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Independent Lens | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | Looking Forward to a Bug's Life | PBS (#1223)
Shinto and Buddhist teachings encourage harmony and respect towards all living things. 02:25
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Independent Lens | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | Bug Lover Conquers Audiences! | PBS (#1223)
A filmmaker finds a way to make audiences less afraid of creepy crawlies. 02:35
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Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Secrets From the Cutting Room Floor | PBS (#1221)
Archivist Adrian Wood describes finding the outtakes from an infamous work of Nazi propaganda that clearly demonstrate the care the filmmakers took to create a false picture of life in the Warsaw... 02:32
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Independent Lens | Bhutto | Making the Ultimate Sacrifice for Democracy | PBS (#1222)
In 2007, with Pakistan roiling in turmoil and under the thumb of yet another military dictator, Benazir was called back as the country's best hope for democracy. The very night of her triumphant... 02:28
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Independent Lens | Bhutto | From Pampered Princess to Polarizing Politician | PBS (#1222)
As the first Muslim woman elected to lead an Islamic nation, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's life story unfolds like a tale of Shakespearean dimensions. She evolved from a pampered... 02:05
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Independent Lens | Bhutto | Power From the People | PBS (#1222)
In a recorded interview, Benazir Bhutto described how speaking publicly to her constituents gave her the strength to fight for the truth and to face her opponents. 01:16
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Independent Lens | Bhutto | Fairy Tale Wedding or Campaign Event? | PBS (#1222)
Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Benazir made history as the first woman leader of a Muslim country, yet she was wed in a traditional arranged marriage to then-Karachi playboy Asif Ali Zardari... 01:57
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Independent Lens | Paula Kerger Invites You to Celebrate Artists Month | PBS
April is Artists Month on Independent Lens 00:43
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Independent Lens | Artists Month | Celebrate the Arts with Independent Lens | PBS
In April we're celebrating the power of artists to reflect and reinterpret our culture and society. These programs demonstrate how art is both universal and also extremely personal. Immerse... 00:31
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Finding Art in the Dump | PBS (#1219)
Artist Vik Muniz photographs Tiao -- one of the catadores ("garbage pickers") in the world's largest garbage dump in Brazil -- in a pose reminiscent of David's painting "The Death of Marat." 00:42
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | A Scavenger Since the Age of Seven | PBS (#1219)
Suelem has worked as a catador ("garbage picker") since she was 7 years old and describes it as an honest living, preferable to other alternatives available to the poor living in Rio de Janeiro. 00:52
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Artistically Inspired, Afraid to Turn Back | PBS (#1219)
For catador Valeria, collaborating with Vik Muniz and her community on artworks made from recycled materials has been a bittersweet experience, since she's now reluctant to return to being a garbage... 01:22
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Independent Lens | The Desert of Forbidden Art | The Plight of the Nukus Museum | PBS (#1217)
Nukus Museum director Marinika Babanazarova describes how the future of Savitsky's legacy seems grim as its aging, low-paid staff are poised to retire and government support is in steep decline.... 02:34
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Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | A Mystery Unravels from From a Reel of Film | PBS (#1221)
This haunting film about a film examines a classic Nazi propaganda film used by historians for decades to provide insight into the realities of life in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. The recent... 02:00
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Independent Lens | A Film Unfinished | Finding a Work of Nazi Propaganda | PBS (#1221)
A decade after World War II, East German archivists began to sort through what remained of Hitler's propaganda machine. Thousands of films were discovered in the exact location in which they had... 01:04
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