Independent Lens

Season 4 Episode 4: Downside Up

Feb 25, 2003 TV-14 1h 8.2

Since the 1980s, the rural working class town of North Adams, Massachusetts, has struggled to kick-start its economy following the mill closings. This program explores how, with the 1999 opening of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the town has united its blue collar base with visionaries from the art world to reinvent itself in the post-industrial economy.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 3 On This Island

3. On This Island

Aired: Feb 18, 2003

On an isolated Maine island of 350 people, a clash over arts education spins ...

Episode 4 Downside Up

4. Downside Up

Aired: Feb 25, 2003

Since the 1980s, the rural working class town of North Adams, Massachusetts, ...

Episode 10 Heart of the Sea

10. Heart of the Sea

Aired: May 6, 2003

Heart of the Sea is an hour-long documentary about Hawaiian legend Rell “Kapo...

Episode 14 Daddy & Papa

14. Daddy & Papa

Aired: Jun 3, 2003

Daddy & Papa is a one-hour documentary film made by producer/director Johnny ...


Info about Independent Lens

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary