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Is Soul Food a Sacrament or a Sin?
Is Soul Food a Sacrament or a Sin?
Independent Lens
The relationship between African Americans and soul food dishes such as ribs and grits and fried chicken is culturally based, deep-rooted, complex, and often deadly.
2 min.
Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei's Muse is His Conscience
Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei's Muse is His Conscience
Independent Lens
Ai Weiwei — one of China's most internationally celebrated artists. But at heart, he is a troublemaker who challenges the government with rebellious and irreverent gestures. This has often cost him his freedom, but he never seems to lose his childlike approach to serious dissidence.
Men Who Swim
Men Who Swim
Independent Lens
"Men Who Swim," about a male synchronized swimming team.
60 min.
Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art
Ai Weiwei Weaves Red Tape into Art
Independent Lens
Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry in February 2013
Lives Worth Living
Lives Worth Living
Independent Lens
"Lives Worth Living," about the disability rights movement.
60 min.
Garbage Dreams Preview
Garbage Dreams Preview
Independent Lens
'Garbage Dreams' follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade as they come of age in the world’s largest garbage village, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo.
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Encompassing the full spectrum of film — from history to drama to animation to shorts to social-issue films — this anthology series allows audiences greater access to powerful and innovative programs united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of their independent producers. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal hosts.
The Desert of Forbidden Art tells the incredible story of how one man -- Igor Savitsky -- stashed a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan. One painter represented in the collection -- Mikhail Kurzin -- tried to follow the Soviet style, but he couldn't stand it.
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