Independent Lens 2017-2018 Season - Trailer
Season 19
About the Episode
Independent Lens returns November 6 for its 2017-18 season, premiering with Chasing Trane, a portrait of jazz great John Coltrane. Other highlights include the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro; The Force, an inside look at Oakland’s troubled police department; Unrest, about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and Dolores, a moving portrait of pioneering labor and women’s rights activist Dolores Huerta.
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Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6
Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America.5:30 -
All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5
The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family’s freedom in 1832.4:15 -
The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4
How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York.4:52 -
The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4
L.A.'s Christina Catherine Martinez is a bewitching hybrid of standup, clown and performance artist.22:13 -
America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3
Legendary Atlanta comic Ian Aber takes the stage with jokes about growing up queer in the South.24:45 -
Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2
Called "too much" her whole life, Austin's Lea’h Sampson now embraces her true self in her standup.23:40
