Independent Lens

Season 16 Episode 6: Rich Hill

25 Seasons Jan 05, 2015 TV-14 1h 7.6

Rich Hill, winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, goes inside the homes and lives of small town America, where kids confront heartbreaking choices, marginalized parents struggle to survive, and families cling to the promise of equal opportunity and a better life — someday. The film follows three teenage boys, Andrew, Harley, and Appachey, as they struggle with isolation, broken families, and lack of opportunity, providing an immersive and realistic pi...

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Season 16 Episodes:

Episode 1 Bully

1. Bully

Aired: Oct 13, 2014

The story of the children bullied at school and online. The film questions as...

Episode 2 Twin Sisters

2. Twin Sisters

Aired: Oct 20, 2014

The poignant story of two girls from China adopted as infants by two separate...

Episode 3 Brakeless

3. Brakeless

Aired: Oct 27, 2014

Brakeless asks what led the driver of a Japanese commuter train to accelerate...

Episode 4 Powerless

4. Powerless

Aired: Nov 3, 2014

Electricity Theft in India. Powerless captures the cat-and-mouse game of an o...

Episode 5 Happiness

5. Happiness

Aired: Nov 17, 2014

A nine-year-old monk has never before left his Bhutanese village perched high...

Episode 6 Rich Hill

6. Rich Hill

Aired: Jan 5, 2015

Rich Hill, winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Bes...

Episode 8 The Kill Team

8. The Kill Team

Aired: Jan 19, 2015

A young man with integrity and honor enlists in the army, but is horrified by...

Episode 10 American Denial

10. American Denial

Aired: Feb 23, 2015

In the wake of recent events that have sparked a national dialogue, American ...

Episode 11 Little White Lie

11. Little White Lie

Aired: Mar 23, 2015

A filmmaker unlocks a family secret that leads to the truth about her biologi...

Episode 13 The Homestretch

13. The Homestretch

Aired: Apr 13, 2015

Three homeless Chicago teens strive to graduate from high school despite the ...

Episode 14 The Great Invisible

14. The Great Invisible

Aired: Apr 20, 2015

First hand accounts of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and its impact on the ...

Episode 15 Kumu Hina

15. Kumu Hina

Aired: May 4, 2015

A Hawaiian transgender woman finds acceptance, but still is searching for love.

Episode 17 1971

17. 1971

Aired: May 18, 2015

The story of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, which broke int...

Episode 18 Limited Partnership

18. Limited Partnership

Aired: Jun 15, 2015

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is the love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams...


Info about Independent Lens

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary