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INDEPENDENT LENS | Banished | PBS (#915)
From the 1860s to the 1920s, dozens of towns and counties across America violently expelled entire African American communities, forcing thousands of black families to flee their homes. A century later, ... 02:10
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INDEPENDENT LENS | How Is Your Fish Today? | PBS (#913)
While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao is suffering from serious writer's block and begins to live the life of the character he is trying to create. The character, Lin Hao, is running ... 01:46
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INDEPENDENT LENS | A SON'S SACRIFICE | PBS (#912)
Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood halal slaughterhouse in New York City. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed heritage and gain acceptance ... 01:32
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra ... (#911)
Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down. MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: Terra Incognita brings the ... 02:06
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Today's Man | PBS (#910)
TODAY'S MAN tells the story of Nicky Gottlieb—a former child genius who, at age 21, is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome—a high functioning form of Autism. The film follows Nicky as he struggles to leave ... 02:28
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Independent Lens | ONLINE SHORTS FESTIVAL II | PBS (#809)
Animation, drama, documentaries...poetry in motion—shorts that pack a punch! Get a preview of the eclectic storytelling mix of with this year's batch of Independent Lens Online Shorts winners. Eleven ... 02:29
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INDEPENDENT LENS | An Unreasonable Man | PBS (#909)
For over 40 years, Ralph Nader has worked tirelessly as a consumer advocate, building a legislative record to rival that of any contemporary president. Yet today, many consider him merely an egomaniac ... 02:06
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INDEPENDENT LENS | The Paper | PBS (#908)
THE PAPER takes an in-depth look at the pressures and problems of modern journalism as faced by the staff of a university newspaper embroiled in controversy. Chronicling a year in the life of Pennsylvania ... 01:11
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Sisters In Law | PBS (#907)
SISTERS IN LAW looks at the work of one small courthouse in the African nation of Cameroon. With fierce compassion, the tough-minded state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president Beatrice Ntuba dispense ... 01:47
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INDEPENDENT LENS | The Creek Runs Red | PBS (#906)
The EPA calls the mining town of Picher, Oklahoma the most toxic place in America, but a dwindling population still call it home. Today the town is divided by fears of serious health risks, environmental ... 02:21
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Miss Navajo | PBS (#905)
For more than 50 years, the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant has given its contestants opportunities to showcase not only their beauty but also their skills in dance, music and sheep slaughtering. Following ... 02:06
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Red White Black & Blue | PBS (#904)
In 1942, 3,000 Japanese troops invaded the Aleutian Island of Attu in Alaska, the only invasion of American soil since the War of 1812. Sixty years later, two U.S. soldiers who fought on the remote island ... 02:08
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Storm of Emotions | PBS (#903)
In 2005, Israeli police faced the most complicated assignment of their careers—to evacuate other Israelis from the Gaza Strip, perhaps the most contested piece of land in the world. Told from the perspective ... 02:59
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INDEPENDENT LENS | Please Vote For Me | PBS (#902)
In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held ... 03:30
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NOW | Talking about "The War" | PBS
David Brancaccio discusses the World War II documentary with co-producers and co-directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, as well as Reverend James A. Forbes. From NOW on PBS www.pbs.org/now 18:24
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