Independent Lens

Season 9 Episode 10: Today's Man

25 Seasons Jan 08, 2008 TV-14 1h 8.2

Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..

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Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 1 Wordplay

1. Wordplay

Aired: Oct 16, 2007

Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable...

Episode 2 Please Vote for Me

2. Please Vote for Me

Aired: Oct 23, 2007

This film follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as...

Episode 3 Storm of Emotions

3. Storm of Emotions

Aired: Oct 30, 2007

This is a film explores the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and eff...

Episode 8 The Paper

8. The Paper

Aired: Dec 11, 2007

Chronicles the pressure of a year in the life of Pennsylvania State Universit...

Episode 9 An Unreasonable Man

9. An Unreasonable Man

Aired: Dec 18, 2007

This program offers an unsparing look at Ralph Nader, one of the most importa...

Episode 14 Banished

14. Banished

Aired: Feb 19, 2008

In the early 20th century, three southern communities forcibly remove African...

Episode 15 Hard Road Home

15. Hard Road Home

Aired: Feb 26, 2008

Banished is a documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of man...

Episode 17 Compañeras

17. Compañeras

Aired: Apr 1, 2008

With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes w...

Episode 19 King Corn

19. King Corn

Aired: Apr 8, 2008

Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican as well as gay, retired in J...

Episode 23 Writ Writer

23. Writ Writer

Aired: Jun 10, 2008

This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her family ...

Episode 24 The Cool School

24. The Cool School

Aired: Jun 3, 2008

The Cool School is an object lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch...


Info about Independent Lens

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary