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 | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1021)
Jewish immigrants buy land in the Bronx to realize their dream: the largest cooperative apartment complex built to date in America. 02:00
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INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Trailer | PBS (#1021)
A home of your own: that's the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? 02:43
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | Film Clip #4 | PBS (#1019)
Protected by armed guards, Wangari Maathai and Green Belt Movement members go on a tree-planting mission. 04:10
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | Film Clip #3 (#1019)
Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement protest the closing of the only major park in Nairobi and succeed in keeping it open. 04:02
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1019)
See how the Green Belt Movement grew from a basic need for water and firewood, and how Wangari Maathai started it all. 03:27
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INDEPENDENT LENS | TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | PBS (#1019)
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Wangari Maathai of Kenya suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. 02:01
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INDEPENDENT LENS | MILKING THE RHINO | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1018)
Thanks to the Il Ngwesi, wildlife is thriving; but community members continue their heated debate over conservation versus cattle. 02:42
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INDEPENDENT LENS | MILKING THE RHINO | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1018)
Workers at the Il Ngwesi Lodge in Kenya had to learn about Western culture and the customs of “pink people.” 02:22
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INDEPENDENT LENS | MILKING THE RHINO | Trailer | PBS (#1018)
After a century of “white man’s conservation,” the Maasai of Kenya and Namibia’s Himba people are vying to share a piece of the eco-tourism pie. 02:25
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INDEPENDENT LENS | The Creek Runs Red | PBS (#906)
Full Program: An exploration of the complex connection between people and place after an environmental disaster. 54:47
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Off the Charts | PBS (#402)
Full Program: A fascinating, at times unsettling, look at the strange underworld of the song-poem industry. 54:39
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Chiefs | PBS (#406)
Full Program: CHIEFS explores the struggles of Native American basketball players at Wyoming Indian High School. 01:24:37
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Independent Lens | Still Life of Animated Dogs | PBS (#803)
Full Program: Czech animator Paul fierlinger's playful and personal ode to the power of man's best friend. 26:34
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INDEPENDENT LENS | RECYCLE | Film Clip #3 | PBS (#1017)
Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar and his son through the chaotic streets of Zarqa, Jordan 01:41
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INDEPENDENT LENS | RECYCLE | Film Clip #2 | PBS (#1017)
Follow Amar’s daily life as he scours the streets to earn a meager living collecting cardboard to recycle and struggles with his faith and the social realities of life in the Middle East. 01:23
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INDEPENDENT LENS | RECYCLE | Film Clip #1 | PBS (#1017)
Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar and his son through the chaotic streets of Zarqa, Jordan. 01:33
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INDEPENDENT LENS | ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING | Film Clip 4 | PBS (#1016)
When Alex's Iranian-born parents and Heather's conservative American father meet for the first time, cultures clash and test the couple to their limits. 02:00
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INDEPENDENT LENS | ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING | Film Clip 3 | PBS (#1016)
Heather discusses her choice to be with Alex. 00:56
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INDEPENDENT LENS | ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING | Film Clip 2 | PBS (#1016)
A friendly dinner with the in-laws grows tense. 03:19
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INDEPENDENT LENS | ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING | Trailer | PBS (#1016)
Iranian-American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani captures the struggle and excitement of Alex and Heather as they plan a Persian Islamic wedding in Iran. 02:01
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