Independent Lens

Season 22 Episode 12: Down a Dark Stairwell

May 24, 2021 TV-14 1h 7.4

Two communities navigate an uneven criminal justice system after an unarmed Black man is killed by a Chinese American police officer at a Brooklyn housing project.

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Season 22 Episodes:

Episode 1 Feels Good Man

1. Feels Good Man

Aired: Oct 19, 2020

San Francisco artist Matt Furie's Pepe the Frog, created as a character in hi...

Episode 2 Represent

2. Represent

Aired: Oct 26, 2020

Three women take on local political networks in a bid to reshape politics lea...

Episode 4 Belly of the Beast

4. Belly of the Beast

Aired: Nov 23, 2020

Intimate accounts from formerly incarcerated people provide insight into mode...

Episode 8 Women in Blue

8. Women in Blue

Aired: Feb 8, 2021

With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women i...

Episode 9 Mr. SOUL!

9. Mr. SOUL!

Aired: Feb 22, 2021

Mr. SOUL. explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on p...

Episode 10 Coded Bias

10. Coded Bias

Aired: Mar 22, 2021

MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's Algorithmic Justice League highligh...

Episode 13 The Donut King

13. The Donut King

Aired: Jun 21, 2021

The life story of Christy's Donuts founder Ted Ngoy, who built a multimillion...

Episode 14 Two Gods

14. Two Gods

Aired: Jun 28, 2021

A Muslim casket maker in East Orange, N.J., teaches two young men how to embr...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary