Independent Lens

1. Chasing Trane

Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasin...

2. Shadow World

Explore the shocking realities of the billion-dollar global arms trade throug...

3. Supergirl

A profile of a seemingly ordinary Orthodox Jewish preteen from New Jersey who...

4. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

A profile of "Tales of the City" creator Armistead Maupin, including his evol...

5. Unrest

Director Jennifer Brea, confined to her bed due to chronic fatigue syndrome, ...

6. I Am Not Your Negro

Filmmaker Raoul Peck examines James Baldwin's unfinished book about the lives...

7. The Force

A cinema vérité look at the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to conf...

9. Winnie

One of the more misunderstood and intriguing contemporary female political fi...

10. Rat Film

Historically black colleges and universities play a pivotal role in shaping A...

11. Rat Film

The history and cultural fabric of Baltimore is explored through the lens of ...

12. Dolores

The story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activ...

13. When God Sleeps

The story of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi's stand for freedom of expression...

14. When God Sleeps

Shining shoes is a calling and a passion, a way to be one’s own boss and conn...

15. The Art of the Shine

The lives of the men and women around the world who make their living shining...

16. What Lies Upstream

A portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America th...

17. Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky

After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, t...

18. True Conviction

Three ex-prisoners start a detective agency to help free wrongly incarcerated...

19. No Man's Land

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN sought to empower poor and...

20. ACORN and the Firestorm

A candid look at a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless wo...