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 | A Film Unfinished | Scenes from the Warsaw Ghetto Staged to Imperfection | PBS (#1221)
A survivor recounts his participation in a staged scene from an infamous work of Nazi propaganda -- "The Ghetto" -- that depicts rabbis and petitioners visiting a bureau where their grievances are... 01:15
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Interview w/ director Lucy Walker | PBS (#1219)
Filmed over nearly three years, Lucy Walker's WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the... 02:41
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Independent Lens | Pushing the Elephant | Trailer | PBS (#1216)
When civil war came to Rose's Congolese village, she was separated from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose managed to escape with nine of her 10 children and was eventually resettled in... 04:26
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Independent Lens | Celebrate the Power of Sisterhood | PBS
Independent Lens celebrates women's stories. 00:44
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Independent Lens | Marwencol's Golden Rule: Be Friendly! | PBS (#1220)
In the lore of Marwencol -- the miniature World War II-era town built by Mark Hogancamp -- American and German soldiers converged simultaneously -- not to fight, but to "be friendly with each... 00:37
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Independent Lens | Marwencol | Was I a Bad Guy...Was I Mean? | PBS (#1220)
After nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital, Mark was discharged with little memory of his previous life. He began to ask others what kind of a person he was, in order to rebuild a sense... 00:31
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Independent Lens | Marwencol | Action and Adventure! Romance and Redemption! | PBS (#1220)
After being beaten into a coma, Mark Hogancamp is left brain damaged and traumatized. He devises his own brand of therapy by constructing a 1/16th-scale World War II-era town in his backyard, and... 02:18
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Independent Lens | Marwencol | Imagination Unlimited...But Only 27 Barbies | PBS (#1220)
Alter-egos and fantasies abound in the tiny (literally) town of Marwencol, where Mark's customized doppelgangers play out whatever he and his friends can dream up. 00:37
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Independent Lens | Marwencol | Two Thumbs Up From the Star of the Show! | PBS (#1220)
Mark Hogancamp reflects on the finished film with filmmaker Jeff Malmberg, but shares his most glowing review for a surprise caller. 02:35
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Independent Lens | Wangari Maathai Sees the Forest for the Trees | PBS (#1019)
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a... 03:04
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Director Lucy Walker | PBS (#1219)
Director Lucy Walker discusses her Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land, which is coming to Independent Lens on April 19 at 10pm (check local listings). The film follows Brazilian artist Vik... 01:39
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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Lucy Walker's Fascination with Garbage | PBS (#1219)
Waste Land Director Lucy Walker discusses her fascination with garbage and explains how she partenred up with Brazilain artist Vik Muniz to make the film. 01:49
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Independent Lens | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | The Wunderkind of the Lower East Side | PBS (#1218)
In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a wunderkind and a phenomenon. Discovered through for his graffiti art in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side, he sold his first painting to Deborah... 00:28
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Independent Lens | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | Who was SAMO? | PBS (#1218)
In the late 1970s, graffiti tags by SAMO -- the moniker shared by Jean-Michel Basquiat and friend Al Diaz -- became ubiquitous on New York's Lower East Side. Discovered through for his graffiti... 01:34
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Independent Lens | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | Turning Street Energy Into High Art | PBS (#1218)
Basquiat had a special talent for taking "street energies" and making them into high art. During his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a wunderkind and a phenomenon. Discovered through for his... 01:21
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Independent Lens | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | Playing Up the Bad Boy Mystique | PBS (#1218)
With success came celebrity, which both defined and overwhelmed Basquiat. During his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a wunderkind and a phenomenon. Discovered through for his graffiti art... 00:47
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Independent Lens | Join Us on PBS | PBS
Make PBS a habit! 00:33
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Independent Lens | Celebrate Diversity | PBS
Join us on Independent Lens, where every week we bring you a story unlike any other. 00:44
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Independent Lens | The Desert of Forbidden Art | An Art Lover With the Eyes of a Hooligan | PBS (#1217)
The Desert of Forbidden Art tells the incredible story of how one man -- Igor Savitsky -- stashed a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan.... 03:18
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Independent Lens | The Desert of Forbidden Art | The Road to Uzbekistan | PBS (#1217)
The Desert of Forbidden Art tells the incredible story of how one man -- Igor Savitsky -- stashed a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars in a far-off desert of... 01:45
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