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About Independent Lens
Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.
Independent Lens episode schedule
2 upcoming · 537 aired . Next episode: May 11, 2026.
Upcoming · 2
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | S27·E10 | Natchez |
| May 18, 2026 | S27·E11 | Light of the Setting Sun |
Aired · 537
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2026 | S27·E9 | Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing |
| April 6, 2026 | S27·E8 | The Tallest Dwarf |
| March 23, 2026 | S27·E7 | Keep Quiet and Forgive |
| February 23, 2026 | S27·E6 | The Inquisitor |
| February 9, 2026 | S27·E5 | The Librarians |
| January 26, 2026 | S27·E4 | Vivien's Wild Ride |
| November 3, 2025 | S27·E3 | Life After |
| October 20, 2025 | S27·E2 | Ratified |
| October 6, 2025 | S27·E1 | Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution |
| May 19, 2025 | S26·E19 | Who Is Michael Jang? |
| May 12, 2025 | S26·E18 | And So It Begins |
| May 5, 2025 | S26·E17 | Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's |
| April 29, 2025 | S26·E16 | Free for All: The Public Library |
| April 8, 2025 | S26·E15 | We Want The Funk |
| March 24, 2025 | S26·E14 | Home Court |
| February 24, 2025 | S26·E13 | Bike Vessel |
| February 17, 2025 | S26·E12 | Skin of Glass |
| February 10, 2025 | S26·E11 | The In Between |
| February 3, 2025 | S26·E10 | The Strike |
| January 13, 2025 | S26·E9 | Without Arrows |
| January 6, 2025 | S26·E8 | Minted |
| January 4, 2025 | S26·E7 | Dallas, 2019 - Week 5 |
| January 4, 2025 | S26·E6 | Dallas, 2019 - Week 4 |
| January 4, 2025 | S26·E5 | Dallas, 2019 - Week 3 |
| January 3, 2025 | S26·E3 | Dallas, 2019 - Week 1 |
| January 3, 2025 | S26·E4 | Dallas, 2019 - Week 2 |
| November 11, 2024 | S26·E2 | Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen |
| September 30, 2024 | S26·E1 | One Person, One Vote? |
| May 20, 2024 | S25·E17 | The Tuba Thieves |
| May 6, 2024 | S25·E16 | Space: The Longest Goodbye |
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| April 23, 2024 | S25·E15 | One With the Whale |
| April 8, 2024 | S25·E14 | Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's |
| April 1, 2024 | S25·E13 | A Thousand Pines |
| March 25, 2024 | S25·E12 | Greener Pastures |
| February 19, 2024 | S25·E11 | Breaking The News |
| February 5, 2024 | S25·E10 | Sister Úna Lived a Good Death |
| January 29, 2024 | S25·E9 | Razing Liberty Square |
| January 22, 2024 | S25·E8 | Racist Trees |
| January 9, 2024 | S25·E7 | Beyond Utopia |
| November 14, 2023 | S25·E6 | A Town Called Victoria - The Trial |
| November 13, 2023 | S25·E4 | A Town Called Victoria - The Fire |
| November 13, 2023 | S25·E5 | A Town Called Victoria - The Suspect |
| November 6, 2023 | S25·E3 | Three Chaplains |
| October 9, 2023 | S25·E2 | El Equipo |
| September 19, 2023 | S25·E1 | Sansón and Me |
| June 20, 2023 | S24·E16 | Mama Bears |
| May 15, 2023 | S24·E15 | Silent Beauty |
| May 8, 2023 | S24·E14 | Sam Now |
| May 1, 2023 | S24·E13 | Matter of Mind: My ALS |
| April 24, 2023 | S24·E12 | Free Chol Soo Lee |
| March 27, 2023 | S24·E11 | Hidden Letters |
| March 20, 2023 | S24·E10 | Storming Caesars Palace |
| February 13, 2023 | S24·E9 | Love in the Time of Fentanyl |
| February 6, 2023 | S24·E8 | Outta the Muck |
| January 30, 2023 | S24·E7 | The Picture Taker |
| January 23, 2023 | S24·E6 | No Straight Lines |
| January 16, 2023 | S24·E5 | The Big Payback |
| January 2, 2023 | S24·E4 | Children of Las Brisas |
| November 7, 2022 | S24·E3 | Move Me |
| October 24, 2022 | S24·E2 | TikTok, Boom. |
| September 12, 2022 | S24·E1 | Hazing |
| May 23, 2022 | S23·E16 | A Once and Future Peace |
| May 16, 2022 | S23·E15 | Scenes From the Glittering World |
| May 9, 2022 | S23·E14 | When Claude Got Shot |
| May 2, 2022 | S23·E13 | Try Harder! |
| April 25, 2022 | S23·E12 | AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness |
| March 28, 2022 | S23·E11 | Writing With Fire |
| February 21, 2022 | S23·E10 | Apart |
| February 14, 2022 | S23·E9 | Bulletproof |
| February 7, 2022 | S23·E8 | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas |
| January 31, 2022 | S23·E7 | Missing in Brooks County |
| January 17, 2022 | S23·E6 | A Reckoning in Boston |
| November 23, 2021 | S23·E5 | Home From School: The Children of Carlisle |
| November 22, 2021 | S23·E4 | Duty Free |
| November 15, 2021 | S23·E3 | Storm Lake |
| November 8, 2021 | S23·E2 | Ferguson Rises |
| October 11, 2021 | S23·E1 | Cured |
| June 28, 2021 | S22·E15 | The People Vs. Agent Orange |
| June 21, 2021 | S22·E14 | Two Gods |
| May 24, 2021 | S22·E13 | The Donut King |
| April 12, 2021 | S22·E12 | Down A Dark Stairwell |
| March 29, 2021 | S22·E11 | 'til Kingdom Come/the Debate |
| March 22, 2021 | S22·E10 | Coded Bias |
| February 22, 2021 | S22·E9 | Mr. SOUL! |
| February 8, 2021 | S22·E8 | Women In Blue |
| February 1, 2021 | S22·E7 | 9to5: The Story Of A Movement |
| January 11, 2021 | S22·E6 | A Day in the Life of America |
| January 4, 2021 | S22·E5 | A Woman's Work: The Nfl's Cheerleader Problem |
| November 23, 2020 | S22·E4 | Belly Of The Beast |
| November 16, 2020 | S22·E3 | Jonathan Scott's Power Trip |
| October 26, 2020 | S22·E2 | Represent |
| October 19, 2020 | S22·E1 | Feels Good Man |
| June 22, 2020 | S21·E21 | Pipe Dreams |
| June 15, 2020 | S21·E20 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project |
| May 25, 2020 | S21·E19 | Eating Up Easter |
| May 11, 2020 | S21·E18 | Rewind |
| April 27, 2020 | S21·E17 | Jim Allison: Breakthrough |
| April 20, 2020 | S21·E16 | The Hottest August |
| April 13, 2020 | S21·E15 | Bedlam |
| March 30, 2020 | S21·E14 | One Child Nation |
| February 24, 2020 | S21·E13 | Always in Season |
| February 17, 2020 | S21·E12 | We Believe In Dinosaurs |
| February 14, 2020 | S21·E11 | Blind Love |
| February 10, 2020 | S21·E10 | Leftover Women |
| February 3, 2020 | S21·E9 | Cooked: Survival by Zip Code |
| January 27, 2020 | S21·E8 | The First Rainbow Coalition |
| January 20, 2020 | S21·E7 | Accept the Call |
| January 14, 2020 | S21·E6 | American Nomads |
| December 16, 2019 | S21·E5 | ATTLA |
| November 18, 2019 | S21·E4 | Conscience Point |
| November 11, 2019 | S21·E3 | The Interpreters |
| November 4, 2019 | S21·E2 | Decade of Fire |
| October 28, 2019 | S21·E1 | Made in Boise |
| May 20, 2019 | S20·E18 | Wrestle |
| May 13, 2019 | S20·E17 | Harvest Season |
| May 6, 2019 | S20·E16 | Out Of State |
| April 22, 2019 | S20·E15 | Charm City |
| April 8, 2019 | S20·E14 | The Providers |
| April 1, 2019 | S20·E13 | Tre Maison Dasan |
| February 25, 2019 | S20·E12 | People's Republic Of Desire |
| February 11, 2019 | S20·E11 | Hale County This Morning, This Evening |
| February 4, 2019 | S20·E10 | Black Memorabilia |
| January 28, 2019 | S20·E9 | The King |
| January 21, 2019 | S20·E8 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World |
| January 14, 2019 | S20·E7 | Rodents Of Unusual Size |
| January 7, 2019 | S20·E6 | My Country No More |
| December 17, 2018 | S20·E5 | Man on Fire |
| November 19, 2018 | S20·E4 | The Judge |
| November 12, 2018 | S20·E3 | The Cleaners |
| November 5, 2018 | S20·E2 | Dawnland |
| October 29, 2018 | S20·E1 | Wildland |
| May 28, 2018 | S19·E20 | Served Like a Girl |
| May 14, 2018 | S19·E19 | ACORN and the Firestorm |
| May 7, 2018 | S19·E18 | No Man's Land |
| April 30, 2018 | S19·E17 | True Conviction |
| April 23, 2018 | S19·E16 | Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky |
| April 16, 2018 | S19·E15 | What Lies Upstream |
| April 9, 2018 | S19·E14 | The Art Of The Shine |
| April 2, 2018 | S19·E13 | When God Sleeps |
| March 27, 2018 | S19·E12 | Dolores |
| February 26, 2018 | S19·E11 | Rat Film |
| February 19, 2018 | S19·E10 | Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story Of Black Colleges And Universities |
| February 5, 2018 | S19·E9 | Winnie |
| January 29, 2018 | S19·E8 | I Am Another You |
| January 22, 2018 | S19·E7 | The Force |
| January 15, 2018 | S19·E6 | I Am Not Your Negro |
| January 8, 2018 | S19·E5 | Unrest |
| January 1, 2018 | S19·E4 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin |
| December 18, 2017 | S19·E3 | Supergirl |
| November 20, 2017 | S19·E2 | Shadow World |
| November 6, 2017 | S19·E1 | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary |
| June 19, 2017 | S18·E20 | Real Boy |
| May 29, 2017 | S18·E19 | Farmer Veteran |
| May 22, 2017 | S18·E18 | They Call Us Monsters |
| May 15, 2017 | S18·E17 | Forever Pure |
| May 8, 2017 | S18·E16 | The Prison In Twelve Landscapes |
| May 1, 2017 | S18·E15 | National Bird |
| April 24, 2017 | S18·E14 | The Last Laugh |
| April 17, 2017 | S18·E13 | Seed: The Untold Story |
| April 3, 2017 | S18·E12 | Newtown |
| March 27, 2017 | S18·E11 | Ovarian Psycos |
| March 20, 2017 | S18·E10 | The Bad Kids |
| February 14, 2017 | S18·E9 | Tower |
| February 13, 2017 | S18·E8 | Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America |
| February 6, 2017 | S18·E7 | Birth Of A Movement |
| January 23, 2017 | S18·E6 | The Witness |
| January 16, 2017 | S18·E5 | What Was Ours |
| January 9, 2017 | S18·E4 | Containment; Excerpt From Uranium Drive-in |
| January 2, 2017 | S18·E3 | Best And Most Beautiful Things |
| December 26, 2016 | S18·E2 | Meet the Patels |
| October 3, 2016 | S18·E1 | Best of Enemies |
| August 2, 2016 | S17·E21 | T-rex Her Fight For Gold |
| June 20, 2016 | S17·E20 | Trapped |
| May 16, 2016 | S17·E19 | Dogtown Redemption |
| May 10, 2016 | S17·E18 | The Armor of Light |
| May 9, 2016 | S17·E17 | Peace Officer |
| May 2, 2016 | S17·E16 | My Nazi Legacy |
| April 18, 2016 | S17·E15 | Democrats |
| April 4, 2016 | S17·E14 | Welcome to Leith |
| March 28, 2016 | S17·E13 | An Honest Liar |
| February 29, 2016 | S17·E12 | Wilhemina's War |
| February 22, 2016 | S17·E11 | (T)ERROR |
| February 16, 2016 | S17·E10 | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution |
| February 8, 2016 | S17·E9 | A Ballerina's Tale |
| February 1, 2016 | S17·E8 | No Más Bebés (No More Babies) |
| January 25, 2016 | S17·E7 | In Football We Trust |
| January 11, 2016 | S17·E6 | Autism in Love |
| January 4, 2016 | S17·E5 | Chuck Norris vs. Communism |
| December 28, 2015 | S17·E4 | East of Salinas |
| November 23, 2015 | S17·E3 | Mimi and Dona |
| November 16, 2015 | S17·E2 | India's Daughter |
| November 9, 2015 | S17·E1 | Stray Dog |
| June 15, 2015 | S16·E19 | Limited Partnership |
| May 18, 2015 | S16·E18 | 1971 |
| May 11, 2015 | S16·E17 | Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity |
| May 4, 2015 | S16·E16 | Kumu Hina |
| April 20, 2015 | S16·E15 | The Great Invisible |
| April 13, 2015 | S16·E14 | The Homestretch |
| April 6, 2015 | S16·E13 | Little Hope Was Arson; A City in Flames |
| March 23, 2015 | S16·E12 | Little White Lie |
| February 23, 2015 | S16·E11 | American Denial |
| February 16, 2015 | S16·E10 | Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People |
| January 26, 2015 | S16·E9 | A Path Appears |
| January 19, 2015 | S16·E8 | The Kill Team; Confusion Through Sand |
| January 12, 2015 | S16·E7 | Evolution of a Criminal |
| January 5, 2015 | S16·E6 | Rich Hill |
| November 17, 2014 | S16·E5 | Happiness |
| November 3, 2014 | S16·E4 | Powerless |
| October 27, 2014 | S16·E3 | Brakeless |
| October 20, 2014 | S16·E2 | Twin Sisters |
| October 13, 2014 | S16·E1 | Bully |
| June 15, 2014 | S15·E22 | The New Black |
| May 19, 2014 | S15·E21 | God Loves Uganda |
| May 12, 2014 | S15·E20 | Let the Fire Burn |
| May 5, 2014 | S15·E19 | A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times |
| April 21, 2014 | S15·E18 | Muscle Shoals |
| April 14, 2014 | S15·E17 | The Trials of Muhammad Ali |
| April 7, 2014 | S15·E16 | Brothers Hypnotic |
| March 31, 2014 | S15·E15 | Medora |
| March 24, 2014 | S15·E14 | All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts |
| February 17, 2014 | S15·E13 | Las Marthas |
| February 10, 2014 | S15·E12 | Spies of Mississippi |
| January 27, 2014 | S15·E11 | The State of Arizona |
| January 20, 2014 | S15·E10 | Blood Brother |
| January 13, 2014 | S15·E9 | At Berkeley |
| December 30, 2013 | S15·E8 | How to Survive a Plague |
| December 23, 2013 | S15·E7 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi |
| December 16, 2013 | S15·E6 | Playwright: From Page to Stage |
| November 25, 2013 | S15·E5 | Young Lakota |
| November 18, 2013 | S15·E4 | Indian Relay |
…and 307 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
