This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns.
Thu, May 9 | 12:30 A.M. |
Space: The Longest Goodbye
NH World (11.3)
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission, as the crew grapples with the tension between their dream of reaching new frontiers and the basic human need to stay connected to home. |
Thu, May 9 | 8:30 A.M. |
Space: The Longest Goodbye
NH World (11.3)
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission, as the crew grapples with the tension between their dream of reaching new frontiers and the basic human need to stay connected to home. |
Fri, May 10 | 8:00 P.M. |
Hidden Letters
NH World (11.3)
The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. |
Sat, May 11 | 1:00 A.M. |
Hidden Letters
NH World (11.3)
The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. |
Sat, May 11 | 9:00 A.M. |
Hidden Letters
NH World (11.3)
The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. |
Sat, May 11 | 12:00 P.M. |
Space: The Longest Goodbye
NH World (11.3)
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission, as the crew grapples with the tension between their dream of reaching new frontiers and the basic human need to stay connected to home. |
Sat, May 11 | 3:00 P.M. |
Hidden Letters
NH World (11.3)
The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. |
Mon, May 13 | 7:30 P.M. |
The Donut King
NH World (11.3)
Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. |
Tue, May 14 | 12:30 A.M. |
The Donut King
NH World (11.3)
Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. |
Tue, May 14 | 8:30 A.M. |
The Donut King
NH World (11.3)
Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. |
Tue, May 14 | 2:00 P.M. |
Writing with Fire
NH World (11.3)
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. |
Sun, May 19 | 4:00 A.M. |
The Donut King
NH World (11.3)
Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. |
Mon, May 20 | 10:00 P.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NHPBS (11.1)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Tue, May 21 | 12:00 P.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NH Explore (11.2)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Wed, May 22 | 3:00 A.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NHPBS (11.1)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Wed, May 22 | 7:00 P.M. |
Free Chol Soo Lee
NH World (11.3)
Sentenced to death for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction. |
Wed, May 22 | 8:30 P.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NH World (11.3)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Thu, May 23 | 12:00 A.M. |
Free Chol Soo Lee
NH World (11.3)
Sentenced to death for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction. |
Thu, May 23 | 1:30 A.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NH World (11.3)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Thu, May 23 | 8:00 A.M. |
Free Chol Soo Lee
NH World (11.3)
Sentenced to death for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidarity movement of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans helped to overturn his conviction. |
Thu, May 23 | 9:30 A.M. |
The Tuba Thieves
NH World (11.3)
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. |
Sun, May 26 | 10:00 P.M. |
Beyond Utopia
NH World (11.3)
The gripping story of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world many have never seen. |
Mon, May 27 | 2:00 A.M. |
Beyond Utopia
NH World (11.3)
The gripping story of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world many have never seen. |
Mon, May 27 | 10:00 A.M. |
Beyond Utopia
NH World (11.3)
The gripping story of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world many have never seen. |
Tue, May 28 | 12:00 P.M. |
Try Harder!
NH Explore (11.2)
San Francisco's Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. |
Tue, May 28 | 1:30 P.M. |
Writing with Fire
NH Explore (11.2)
Meet the women journalists of India's only all-female news network, who risk everything in a male-dominated world to uncover their country's political inequities. |
Mon, Jun 10 | 7:00 P.M. |
Cured
NH World (11.3)
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards. |
Mon, Jun 10 | 8:00 P.M. |
Mama Bears
NH World (11.3)
Although they grew up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, these moms are now willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their kids safe-even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds. |
Tue, Jun 11 | 12:00 A.M. |
Cured
NH World (11.3)
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards. |
Tue, Jun 11 | 1:00 A.M. |
Mama Bears
NH World (11.3)
Although they grew up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, these moms are now willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their kids safe-even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds. |
Tue, Jun 11 | 8:00 A.M. |
Cured
NH World (11.3)
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards. |
Tue, Jun 11 | 9:00 A.M. |
Mama Bears
NH World (11.3)
Although they grew up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, these moms are now willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their kids safe-even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds. |
Sat, Jun 15 | 5:00 A.M. |
Cured
NH World (11.3)
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards. |
Sun, Jun 16 | 4:00 A.M. |
Mama Bears
NH World (11.3)
Although they grew up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, these moms are now willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to keep their kids safe-even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds. |
Wed, Jun 19 | 7:00 P.M. |
The Big Payback
NH World (11.3)
The Big Payback is the story of how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U. |
Thu, Jun 20 | 12:00 A.M. |
The Big Payback
NH World (11.3)
The Big Payback is the story of how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U. |
Thu, Jun 20 | 8:00 A.M. |
The Big Payback
NH World (11.3)
The Big Payback is the story of how a rookie alderwoman in Evanston, Illinois led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans and stirred up a debate about the debt owed from the U. |
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