Independent Lens

Season 9 Episode 17: Compañeras

25 Seasons Apr 01, 2008 TV-14 1h 8.2

With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freelyelected female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war.

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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