Independent Lens

Season 13 Episode 26: We Were Here

Jun 07, 2012 TV-14 1h 8.5

When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.

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Season 13 Episodes:

Episode 1 Wham! Bam! Islam!

1. Wham! Bam! Islam!

Aired: Oct 13, 2011

WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! tells the story of Naif Al-Mutawa and his venture to create...

Episode 2 Donor Unknown

2. Donor Unknown

Aired: Oct 20, 2011

An in-depth look at a far-flung group of siblings in search of each other and...

Episode 3 Lives Worth Living

3. Lives Worth Living

Aired: Oct 27, 2011

"Lives Worth Living" tells the story of the disability rights movement in Ame...

Episode 4 Deaf Jam

4. Deaf Jam

Aired: Nov 3, 2011

"Deaf Jam" chronicles the experiences of Aneta Brodski, a deaf Israeli teen l...

Episode 5 We Still Live Here

5. We Still Live Here

Aired: Nov 17, 2011

Anne Makepeace's "We Still Live Here—As Nutayunean" tells the story of lingui...

Episode 6 The Woodmans

6. The Woodmans

Aired: Dec 22, 2011

"The Woodmans" charts the short life of influential photographer Francesca Wo...

Episode 7 These Amazing Shadows

7. These Amazing Shadows

Aired: Dec 29, 2011

"These Amazing Shadows" focuses on the National Film Registry, an eclectic co...

Episode 15 More Than a Month

15. More Than a Month

Aired: Feb 16, 2012

Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African American filmmaker, goes on a ...

Episode 17 Being Elmo

17. Being Elmo

Aired: Apr 5, 2012

Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world’s most a...

Episode 21 Circo

21. Circo

Aired: May 3, 2012

The Ponce family circus has been living and performing in rural Mexico for se...

Episode 22 Summer Pasture

22. Summer Pasture

Aired: May 10, 2012

Summer Pasture is the unique love story of Locho and Yama, nomadic herders in...

Episode 23 Precious Knowledge

23. Precious Knowledge

Aired: May 17, 2012

When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in...

Episode 24 Left by the Ship

24. Left by the Ship

Aired: May 24, 2012

Three young adults born to Filipino mothers by U.S. servicemen battle against...

Episode 25 Hell and Back Again

25. Hell and Back Again

Aired: May 28, 2012

U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike e...

Episode 26 We Were Here

26. We Were Here

Aired: Jun 7, 2012

When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but als...

Episode 27 Strong!

27. Strong!

Aired: Jun 26, 2012

A formidable figure standing at 5'8" and weighing more than 300 pounds, Chery...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary