Independent Lens

Season 23 Episode 4: Duty Free

25 Seasons Nov 22, 2021 TV-14 1h 7.6

Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures.

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Season 23 Episodes:

Episode 1 Cured

1. Cured

Aired: Oct 11, 2021

Activists fight the psychiatry establishment over labeling homosexuality as a...

Episode 2 Ferguson Rises

2. Ferguson Rises

Aired: Nov 8, 2021

Michael Brown Senior seeks justice and healing after his son is killed by a w...

Episode 3 Storm Lake

3. Storm Lake

Aired: Nov 15, 2021

Editor Art Cullen and his family keep local journalism alive with the Pulitze...

Episode 4 Duty Free

4. Duty Free

Aired: Nov 22, 2021

Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim...

Episode 6 A Reckoning in Boston

6. A Reckoning in Boston

Aired: Jan 17, 2022

A white filmmaker collaborates with students enrolled in Boston's Clemente Co...

Episode 9 Bulletproof

9. Bulletproof

Aired: Feb 14, 2022

In an era of mass shootings, take a provocative look at what Americans will d...

Episode 10 Apart

10. Apart

Aired: Feb 21, 2022

Three mothers imprisoned on drug-related crimes enter an innovative prison pr...

Episode 11 Writing With Fire

11. Writing With Fire

Aired: Mar 28, 2022

Meet the fearless women journalists of India's only all-female newspaper. Nom...

Episode 13 Try Harder!

13. Try Harder!

Aired: May 2, 2022

At San Francisco's Lowell High School, stressed out seniors chase college dre...

Episode 14 When Claude Got Shot

14. When Claude Got Shot

Aired: May 9, 2022

After being shot in the face by a teenager, can law student Claude find it in...


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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary