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This is a list of films from the ''[[Independent Lens]]'' series on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]. All airdates are relative to this series as many of these films were screened, either in theaters or on television, before becoming a part of the ''Independent Lens'' series. After the third season, PBS expanded and relaunched the series in 2003 declaring what is technically the fourth season as the new first season. As a result, any reference made by PBS or [[Independent Television Service|ITVS]] to a season number will be three less than the number represented in this list. For example, PBS declares the 2007-2008 season as season 6, but this complete list shows it as season 9. The 2014-2015 season is regarded as the 13th season for the series.

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==Series overview==
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| end1       = {{End date|1999|10|11}}

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| end2       = {{End date|2000|12|4}}

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| end3       = {{End date|2001|11|9}}

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| end4       = {{End date|2003|6|3}}

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| end5       = {{End date|2004|6|15}}

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| end6       = {{End date|2005|6|14}}

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| start7     = {{Start date|2005|10|11}}
| end7       = {{End date|2006|6|22}}

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| end8       = {{End date|2007|6|5}}

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| end9       = {{End date|2008|6|19}}

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| end10       = {{End date|2009|6|19}}

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| end11       = {{End date|2010|6|1}}

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| end12       = {{End date|2011|6|14}}

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| end13       = {{End date|2012|7|26}}

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| end14       = {{End date|2013|6|17}}

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| end15       = {{End date|2014|6|16}}

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| end16       = {{End date|2015|6|22}}

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| end17       = {{End date|2016|8|1}}

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| end18       = {{End date|2017|6|19}}

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| end19       = {{End date|2018|5|28}}

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| end20       = {{End date|2019|5|20}}

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| end21       = {{End date|2020|6|22}} 

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| end22       = {{End date|2021|6|28}} 

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==Episodes==
{{hatnote|''†'' denotes that the title is a [[short film]]}}

===Season 1 (1999)===
{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small-Town Gang''
 |DirectedBy=John Whitehead
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|9}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Nothing But the Truth''
 |DirectedBy=Mark Steven Shepherd
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|16}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''[[Visas and Virtue]]''<hr>''I Am Viet Hung''†
 |DirectedBy=[[Chris Tashima]]<hr>Diep N. Bui
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|23}}
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''The Man Who Drove with Mandela''
 |DirectedBy=Greta Schiller
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|30}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''The Jew in the Lotus''
 |DirectedBy=Laurel Chiten
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|6}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Holy Tortilla''<hr>''Lock and Key''†
 |DirectedBy=Lauren Ivy Chiong<hr>Kisha Cameron
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''And Baby Makes Two''
 |DirectedBy=Oren Rudavsky and Judy Katz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|20}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jon H. Else]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|27}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Secret People''
 |DirectedBy=John Anderson and Laura Harrison
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|4}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''I Can't Believe I Married A Lesbian''
 |DirectedBy=Stuart Perkin
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|11}}
}}
}}

===Season 2 (2000)===
{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors''
 |DirectedBy=Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|2}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''No Hair Day''
 |DirectedBy=Bob Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|9}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Short Stories''
 |DirectedBy=Robert Byrd
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|16}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=14
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Born in the USA''
 |DirectedBy=Marcia Jarmel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|23}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=15
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Girl Gone Bad''
 |DirectedBy=Louis Yansen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|30}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=16
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle= ''Passing Through''<hr>''Graham's Diner''†
 |DirectedBy=Nathan Adolfson<hr>Courtney Byrd
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|6}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=17
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''The Return of Navajo Boy''
 |DirectedBy=Jeff Spitz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=18
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Music in Their Bones''
 |DirectedBy=Norton Dill
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|20}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=19
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''In Harm's Way''<hr>''Carved From the Heart''†
 |DirectedBy=Jan Krawitz<hr>Ellen Frankenstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|27}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=20
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''A Wok in Progress''
 |DirectedBy=Paul Kwan and Arnold Iger
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|12|4}}
}}
}}

===Season 3 (2001)===

{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=21
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Confederacy Theory''
 |DirectedBy=Ryan Deussing
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|9|7}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=22
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Secrets of Silicon Valley''
 |DirectedBy=Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|9|14}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=23
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants''
 |DirectedBy=David Belle and Nicholas Wrathall
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|9|21}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=24
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Good Kurds, Bad Kurds''
 |DirectedBy=Kevin McKiernan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|9|28}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=25
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Who Owns the Past?''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jed Riffe]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|5}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=26
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''The Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America''
 |DirectedBy=Taggart Siegel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|12}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=27
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Undetectable''
 |DirectedBy=Jay Corcoran
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|19}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=28
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Gibtown''
 |DirectedBy=Melissa Shachat
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|26}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=29
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Open Outcry''
 |DirectedBy=Jon Else
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|2}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=30
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Romancing the Throne''
 |DirectedBy=Dominic Ozanne
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|9}}

}}
}}

===Season 4 (2003)===
Note: After the third season, PBS expanded and relaunched the series in 2003 declaring what is technically the fourth season as the new first season. As a result, any reference made by PBS or [[Independent Television Service|ITVS]] to a season number will be three less than the number represented in this list. For example, PBS declares the 2007–08 season as season 6, but this complete list shows it as season 9.

{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=31
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Maggie Growls''
 |DirectedBy=Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|4}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=32
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story''
 |DirectedBy=Jamie Meltzer
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|11}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=33
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''On This Island''
 |DirectedBy=Stephanie Slewka
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|18}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=34
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Downside Up''
 |DirectedBy=Nancy Kelly
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|25}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=35
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Los Trabajadores/The Workers''
 |DirectedBy=Heather Courtney
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|3|25}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=36
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Chiefs''
 |DirectedBy=[[Daniel Junge]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|1}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=37
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Strange Fruit''
 |DirectedBy=Joel Katz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|8}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=38
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Bird by Bird with Annie''
 |DirectedBy=[[Freida Lee Mock]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|22}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=39
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[Sisters in Resistance]]''
 |DirectedBy=Maia Wechsler
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|29}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=40
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Heart of the Sea''
 |DirectedBy=Charlotte Lagarde and Lisa Denker
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|6}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=41
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Guns & Mothers''
 |DirectedBy=Thom Powers
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=42
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Razing Appalachia''
 |DirectedBy=Sasha Waters
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|20}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=43
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''[[Hansel Mieth]]: Vagabond Photographer''
 |DirectedBy=Nancy Schiesari
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|27}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=44
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[Daddy & Papa]]''
 |DirectedBy=Johnny Symons
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|6|3}}

}}
}}

=== Season 5 (2003–04) ===
Episode 510 is a short film block titled "Man Bites Shorts".<br />
Episode 518 "T-Shirt Travels" was first broadcast on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] on June 1, 2002, but not as part of the ''[[Independent Lens]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020417090439/http://itvs.org/pressroom/pressRelease.htm?pressId=125 | title=ITVS: press release - T-Shirt Travels | url=http://www.itvs.org/films/t-shirt-travels/photos-and-press-kit | archive-date=2002-04-17}}</ref><br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[The New Americans]] is a seven-hour, three-part special, and therefore does not have an episode number.
{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=45
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz''
 |DirectedBy=Anne-Marie Russell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|14}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=46
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Foto-Novelas 2: Broken Sky''<hr>''Foto-Novelas 2: Junkyard Saints''†
 |DirectedBy=Carlos Avila
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|21}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=47
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America''
 |DirectedBy=Martha Burr and Mei-Juin Chen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|28}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=48
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''A Wedding in Ramallah''
 |DirectedBy=Sherine Salama
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|4}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=49
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Be Good, Smile Pretty''
 |DirectedBy=Tracy Droz Tragos
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|11}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=50
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Livermore''
 |ShortSummary = '''Subject:''' [[Livermore, California]]
 |DirectedBy=Rachel Raney and David Murray
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|25}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=51
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Eroica!''
 |DirectedBy=Alan Miller
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|9}}
 |LineColor=#A62145

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=52
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Loaded Gun: Life, and Death, and Dickinson''
 |DirectedBy=Jim Wolpaw
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|16}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=53
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[Get the Fire|Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad]]''
 |DirectedBy=Nancy du Plessis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|23}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=54
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Compulsory Breathing''<hr>''Don't Nobody Love the Game More Than Me''<hr>''Sergi''<hr>''Dilly Dally''<hr>''Tom Hits His Head''<hr>''Bike Ride''†
 |DirectedBy=David Munro<hr>Martha Pinson<hr>Paul Sullivan<hr>[[Mark Pellington]]<hr>[[Tom Putnam]]<hr>Tom Schroeder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|30}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=55
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Make 'em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story''
 |DirectedBy=John Whitehead
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|13}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=56
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Life Matters''
 |DirectedBy=Kyle Boyd
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|20}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=57
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Why Can't We Be a Family Again?''<hr>''Downpour Resurfacing''†
 |DirectedBy= Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel<hr>Frances Nkara
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|27}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=58
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property''
 |DirectedBy=[[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|10}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=59
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''A Place of Our Own''
 |DirectedBy=[[Stanley Nelson Jr.]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|17}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=60
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''[[Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew]]''
 |DirectedBy=Matthew Buzzell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|24}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=61
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Sentencing the Victim''
 |DirectedBy=Liz Oakley
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|2}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=62
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''T-Shirt Travels''
 |DirectedBy=Shantha Bloemen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|23}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber={{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |EpisodeNumber2={{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |RTitle=''[[The New Americans]]'' Episode One
 |DirectedBy=
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|29}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber={{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |EpisodeNumber2={{TableTBA|N/A}}
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 |DirectedBy=
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|30}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
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{{Episode list
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 |EpisodeNumber2={{TableTBA|N/A}}
 |RTitle=''The New Americans'' Episode Three
 |DirectedBy=
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|31}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=63
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas''
 |DirectedBy=Jonathan Robinson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|6}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=64
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Love Inventory''
 |DirectedBy=David Fisher
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|13}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=65
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''Ram Dass: Fierce Grace''
 |DirectedBy=Mickey Lemle
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|20}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=66
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''[[The Weather Underground (film)|The Weather Underground]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Sam Green (filmmaker)|Sam Green]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|27}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=67
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''One Night at the Grand Star''<hr>''Double Exposure''†
 |DirectedBy=Natasha Uppal<hr>Kit-Yin Snyder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|4}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=68
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Refugee''
 |DirectedBy=Spencer Nakasako
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|11}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=69
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''Death of a Shaman''
 |DirectedBy=Richard Hall
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|27}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=70
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''[[Cosmopolitan (film)|Cosmopolitan]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Nisha Ganatra]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|6|1}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=71
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''Sumo East and West''
 |DirectedBy=Ferne Pearlstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|6|8}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=72
 |EpisodeNumber2=28
 |RTitle=''The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out''
 |DirectedBy=Jay Rosenstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|6|15}}
 |LineColor=#A62145
}}
}}

=== Season 6 (2004–05) ===
Episode 608 is a short film block titled "Short, Not Sweet".
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=73
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''The Political Dr. Seuss''
 |DirectedBy=[[Ron Lamothe]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|26}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=74
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Polka Time''
 |DirectedBy=Lisa Blackstone
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|9}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=75
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Afghanistan Unveiled''
 |DirectedBy=Brigitte Brault
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|16}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=76
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''[[Los Angeles Now]]''
 |DirectedBy=Phillip Rodriguez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|23}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=77
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''The Day My God Died''
 |DirectedBy=Andrew Levine
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|30}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=78
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Girl Wrestler''
 |DirectedBy=Diane Zander
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|14}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=79
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle= ''Fine.''<hr>''[[Doki-Doki (short film)|Doki-Doki]]''†
 |DirectedBy=Michael Downing<hr>Chris Eska
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|21}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=80
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''The Fine Line Between Cute and Creepy''<hr>''La Puppé''<hr>''A Monster's Calling''<hr>''The School''<hr>''Why the Anderson Children Didn't Come to Dinner''†
 |DirectedBy=Robert D. Slane<hr>Timothy Greenberg<hr>Louise Johnson<hr>Ezra Krybus and Matthew Miller<hr>Jamie Travis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|28}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=81
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''A Hard Straight''
 |DirectedBy=Goro Toshima
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|4}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=82
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''A Touch of Greatness''
 |DirectedBy=Leslie Sullivan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|11}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=83
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[Power Trip (film)|Power Trip]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Paul Devlin (filmmaker)|Paul Devlin]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|25}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=84
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''[[February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four]]''
 |DirectedBy=
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|1}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=85
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''On a Roll''
 |DirectedBy=Joanne Caputo
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|15}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=86
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[Thunder in Guyana]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Suzanne Wasserman]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=87
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''[[Sisters of '77]]''
 |DirectedBy=Cynthia Salzman Mondell and Allen Mondell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|1}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=88
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Sunset Story''
 |DirectedBy=[[Laura Gabbert]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=89
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Let the Church Say Amen''
 |DirectedBy=David Petersen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|29}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=90
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''[[A Lion's Trail]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[François Verster]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|5}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=91
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Keeping Time: The Life, Music and Photographs of Milt Hinton''
 |DirectedBy=David G. Berger, Holly Maxson and Kate Hirson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|12}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=92
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones|End of the Century: The Ramones]]''<hr>''[[Let's Rock Again!|Joe Strummer Rocks Again]]''†
 |DirectedBy=Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields<hr>[[Dick Rude]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|4|26}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=93
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle= ''The Last Letter''<hr>''Zyklon Portrait''<hr>''The Walnut Tree''†
 |DirectedBy=[[Frederick Wiseman]]<hr>Elida Schogt
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|3}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=94
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''[[Imelda (film)|Imelda]]''
 |DirectedBy=Ramona Diaz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|10}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=95
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Vietnam: The Next Generation''
 |DirectedBy=Sandy Northrop
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|17}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=96
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Red Hook Justice''
 |DirectedBy=Meema Spadola
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|24}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=97
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''[[Double Dare (documentary)|Double Dare]]''<hr>''Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!''†
 |DirectedBy=Amanda Micheli<hr>[[Mark Ewert]] and David Cutler

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|31}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=98
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jordan Mechner]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|6|7}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=99
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''[[Brother to Brother (film)|Brother to Brother]]''
 |DirectedBy=Rodney Evans
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|6|14}}

}}
}}

=== Season 7 (2005–06) ===
Episode 710 is a short film block titled "Short Stack: Lost & Found".
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=100
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Parliament-Funkadelic: One Nation Under A Groove]]''
 |DirectedBy=Yvonne Smith
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|11}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=101
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''En Route to Baghdad''
 |DirectedBy=Simone Duarte
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|18}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=102
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''The Last Cowboy''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jon Alpert]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|25}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=103
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''A Family at War''
 |DirectedBy=Jørgen Flindt Pedersen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|8}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=104
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Mirror Dance''
 |DirectedBy=Frances McElroy and María Teresa Rodríguez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|15}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=105
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Race is the Place''
 |DirectedBy=Raymond Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|22}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=106
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Maid in America''
 |DirectedBy=Anayansi Prado
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|29}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=107
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[Seoul Train]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jim Butterworth (entrepreneur)|Jim Butterworth]], Lisa Sleeth and [[Aaron Lubarsky]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|12|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=108
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community''
 |DirectedBy=[[John Hanson (director)|John Hanson]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|12|20}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=109
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Agora''<hr>''John and Michael''<hr>''Miracle Mile''<hr>''The Raftman's Razor''<hr>''Reservation Warparties''†
 |DirectedBy=Chris Newberry<hr>Shira Avni<hr>[[Hwang Dong-hyuk|Dong Hyeuk Hwang]]<hr>Keith Bearden<hr>Angelique Midthunder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|12|27}}
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=110
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Sheriff''
 |DirectedBy=Daniel Kraus
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|3}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=111
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Girl Trouble''
 |DirectedBy=Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|17}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=112
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Almost Home''
 |DirectedBy=[[Brad Lichtenstein]] and Lisa Gildehaus
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|31}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=113
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power''
 |DirectedBy=Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|7}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=114
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''July '64''
 |DirectedBy=Chris Christopher and Carvin Eison
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|14}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=115
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''[[The Loss of Nameless Things]]''
 |DirectedBy=Bill Rose
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|28}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=116
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Troop 1500]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Ellen Spiro]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|21}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=117
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City''
 |DirectedBy=Bann Roy
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|28}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=118
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[Trudell]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Heather Rae]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|11}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=119
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''La Sierra''
 |DirectedBy=Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|18}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=120
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''[[A League of Ordinary Gentlemen]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Christopher Browne (director)|Chris Browne]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|25}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=121
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''Music from the Inside Out''
 |DirectedBy=Daniel Anker
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|2}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=122
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Fishbowl''<hr>''American Made''†
 |DirectedBy=[[Kayo Hatta]]<hr>Sharat Raju
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|9}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=123
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Frozen Angels''
 |DirectedBy=Eric Black and Frauke Sandig
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|16}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=124
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''[[The Devil's Miner]]''
 |DirectedBy=Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|23}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=125
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''The Great Pink Scare''
 |DirectedBy=Tug Yourgrau and Dan Miller
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|6|6}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=126
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''[[The Real Dirt on Farmer John]]''
 |DirectedBy=Taggart Siegel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|6|13}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=127
 |EpisodeNumber2=28
 |RTitle="A Lion in the House" (Part 1)
 |DirectedBy=Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|6|21}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=128
 |EpisodeNumber2=29
 |RTitle="A Lion in the House" (Part 2)
 |DirectedBy=Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|6|22}}
}}
}}

=== Season 8 (2006–07) ===
Episode 803, "Still Life with Animated Dogs," was first broadcast on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] on March 29, 2001, but not as part of the ''Independent Lens'' series.<br />
Episode 809 is a short film block titled "Short Stack 2006".
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=129
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[The World According to Sesame Street]]''
 |DirectedBy=Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins Costigan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|24}}
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=130
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Muskrat Lovely''
 |DirectedBy=Amy Nicholson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|31}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=131
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Still Life with Animated Dogs''†
 |DirectedBy=[[Paul Fierlinger]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|24}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=132
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire''
 |DirectedBy=Barbara Multer-Wellin
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|7}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=133
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Democracy on Deadline: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press''
 |DirectedBy=Cal Skaggs
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|21}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=134
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Two Square Miles''
 |DirectedBy=Barbara Ettinger
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|28}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=135
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''A Sad Flower in the Sand''
 |DirectedBy=Jan Louter
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|12|12}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=136
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Revolucion: Five Visions''
 |DirectedBy=Nicole Cattell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|12|19}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=137
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Paris, 1951''<hr>''Someday Flowers Bloom''<hr>''The Zit''<hr>''My Life Disoriented''†
 |DirectedBy=Jasmin Gordon<hr>Mai Heiselmann<hr>Mike Blum<hr>[[Eric Byler]]

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|12|26}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=138
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''A Fish Story''
 |DirectedBy=Courtney Hayes and Tim Gallagher
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|2}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=139
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Shadya''
 |DirectedBy=Roy Westler
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|16}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=140
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''[[Beyond the Call]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Adrian Belic]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|23}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=141
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Twisted''
 |DirectedBy=Laurel Chiten
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|30}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=142
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[Billy Strayhorn]]: Lush Life''
 |DirectedBy=Robert Levi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|6}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=143
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Motherland Afghanistan''
 |DirectedBy=Sedika Mojadidi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|13}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=144
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''[[Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes]]''
 |DirectedBy=Byron Hurt
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|20}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?]]''
 |DirectedBy=Frank Popper
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|27}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=146
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''Stolen''
 |DirectedBy=Rebecca Dreyfus
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|20}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=147
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Race to Execution''
 |DirectedBy=Rachel Lyon
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|27}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=148
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[China Blue]]''
 |DirectedBy=Micha X. Peled
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|3}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=149
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''[[Black Gold (2006 film)|Black Gold]]''
 |DirectedBy=Marc Francis and Nick Francis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|10}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=150
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''[[Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Alex Gibney]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|24}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=151
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''[[The Cats of Mirikitani]]''
 |DirectedBy=Linda Hattendorf
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|8}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=152
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Sentenced Home''
 |DirectedBy=[[Nicole Newnham]] and David Grabias
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|15}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=153
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''[[Knocking (2006 film)|Knocking]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Joel Engardio|Joel P. Engardio]] and Tom Shepard
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|22}}

}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=154
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''[[The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Judy Irving]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|29}}
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=155
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''[[La Lupe]]: Queen of Latin Soul''
 |DirectedBy=Ela Troyano
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|6|5}}

}}
}}

=== Season 9 (2007–08) ===
{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |overall=6 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=156
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Wordplay (film)|Wordplay]]''
 |DirectedBy= [[Patrick Creadon]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Crossword puzzle]] solvers
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=157
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[Please Vote for Me]]''
 |DirectedBy=Weijun Chen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|23}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Education in the People's Republic of China#Primary education|Chinese primary school]] election
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=158
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Storm of Emotions''
 |DirectedBy=Yael Klopmann
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|30}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=159
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Red White Black & Blue''
 |DirectedBy=Tom Putnam
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|6}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Battle of Attu]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=160
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''[[Miss Navajo (film)|Miss Navajo]]''
 |DirectedBy=Billy Luther
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Seven girls compete the [[Miss Navajo|Miss Navajo Nation]] pageant
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=161
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''The Creek Runs Red''
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Picher, Oklahoma]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Bradley Beesley]] and Julianna Brannum
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|20}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=162
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''[[Sisters in Law (film)|Sisters in Law]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Kim Longinotto]] and Florence Ayisi
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|27}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=163
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''The Paper''
 |DirectedBy=Aaron Matthews
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|12|11}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=164
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[An Unreasonable Man]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Henriette Mantel]] and Steve Skrovan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|12|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Ralph Nader]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=165
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Today's Man''
 |DirectedBy=[[Lizzie Gottlieb]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|8}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Asperger syndrome]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=166
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita''
 |DirectedBy=Maria Finitzo
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|15}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Stem cell research]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=167
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''A Son's Sacrifice''
 |DirectedBy=Yoni Brook
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=168
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''[[How Is Your Fish Today?]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Xiaolu Guo]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Part drama, part documentary about [[screenwriting]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=169
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[Banished (film)|Banished]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Marco Williams]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|2|19}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Banishment of blacks in post-Civil War America
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=170
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Hard Road Home''
 |DirectedBy=Macky Alston
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|2|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=171
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Iron Ladies of Liberia''
 |DirectedBy=Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|3|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Beauty pageant]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=172
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Compañeras''
 |DirectedBy=Matthew Buzzell and Elizabeth Massie
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|1}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=173
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''Water Flowing Together''
 |DirectedBy=Gwendolen Cates
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|8}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Jock Soto]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=174
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[King Corn (film)|King Corn]]''
 |DirectedBy=Aaron Woolf
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|15}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Industrialization]] of [[maize]] farming
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=175
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula''
 |DirectedBy=Lisette Marie Flanary
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|6}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Halau Na Kamalei

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=176
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''A Dream in Doubt''
 |DirectedBy=Tami Yeager
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|20}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=177
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''New Year Baby''
 |DirectedBy=Socheata Poeuv
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=178
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Writ Writer''
 |DirectedBy=Susanne E. Mason
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|3}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Cruz v. Beto]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=179
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''The Cool School''
 |DirectedBy=Morgan Neville
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|10}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Ferus Gallery]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=180
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''[[Deep Water (2006 film)|Deep Water]]''
 |DirectedBy=Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|15}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Donald Crowhurst]]'s attempted [[circumnavigation]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=181
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''[[Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Chris Sheridan (director)|Chris Sheridan]] and [[Patty Kim]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|6|19}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[North Korean abductions of Japanese|North Korean abduction]] of [[Megumi Yokota]]
}}
}}

=== Season 10 (2008–09) ===

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=182
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Chicago 10 (film)|Chicago 10]]''
 |DirectedBy=Brett Morgen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Chicago Seven]] trial
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=183
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle='' Dinner With the President''
 |DirectedBy=Sabiha Sumar and S. Sathananthan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|28}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Pervez Musharraf]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=184
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Knee Deep''
 |DirectedBy=Michael Chandler
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|06}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=185
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Lioness''
 |DirectedBy=Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Women in the [[United States armed forces]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=186
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''March Point''
 |DirectedBy=Annie Silverstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Swinomish (tribe)]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=187
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''The Atom Smashers''
 |DirectedBy=Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|25}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Fermilab]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=188
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Doc''
 |DirectedBy=[[Immy Humes]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|9}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Harold L. Humes]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=189
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jon H. Else]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Opera based on [[Trinity (nuclear test)]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=190
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway''
 |DirectedBy=[[Albert Maysles]] Albert Maysles
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|23}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Making of [[Grey Gardens (musical)]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=191
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Operation Filmmaker''
 |DirectedBy=Nina Davenport
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|30}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Making of [[Everything Is Illuminated (film)]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=192
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[Helvetica (film)|Helvetica]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Gary Hustwit]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|6}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Helvetica]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=193
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene''
 |DirectedBy=Loren Mendell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|3}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=194
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Tulia, Texas''
 |DirectedBy=Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|10}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[1999 Tulia drug arrests]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=195
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''Order of Myths''
 |DirectedBy=Margaret Brown
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|24}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Mobile, Alabama's Carnival celebration
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=196
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Arusi Persian Wedding''
 |DirectedBy=Marjan Tehrani
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=197
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Lakshmi and Me''
 |DirectedBy=Nishtha Jain
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|24}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=198
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Recycle''
 |DirectedBy=Mahmoud al Massad
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|31}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=199
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''Milking the Rhino''
 |DirectedBy= David E. Simpson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|7}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=200
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai''
 |DirectedBy=Alan Dater and Lisa Merton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Wangari Maathai]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=201
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Steal a Pencil for Me''
 |DirectedBy=Michèle Ohayon
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=202
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''At Home in Utopia''
 |DirectedBy=Michal Goldman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|28}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=203
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''Wings of Defeat''
 |DirectedBy=Risa Morimoto
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|5}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=204
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Crips and Bloods: Made in America''
 |DirectedBy=Stacy Peralta
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=205
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors''
 |DirectedBy=Gonzalo Arijón
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=206
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''Ask Not''
 |DirectedBy=Johnny Symons
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Don't ask, don't tell]]
}}
 {{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=207
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''Our Disappeared; Nuestros Desaparecidos''
 |DirectedBy=Juan Mandelbaum
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|9|21}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Don't ask, don't tell]]
}}
}}

=== Season 11 (2009–10) ===
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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=208
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Herb & Dorothy''
 |DirectedBy=Megumi Sasaki
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|13}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=209
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle='' Butte, Montana''
 |DirectedBy=Pamela Roberts
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|20}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Butte, Montana]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=210
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Journals of a Wily School''
 |DirectedBy=Sudeshna Bose
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|27}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=211
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Power Paths''
 |DirectedBy=Bo Boudart
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|03}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=212
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''D Tour''
 |DirectedBy=Jim Granato
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|10}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=213
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''[[No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos]]''
 |DirectedBy=James Chressanthis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|17}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=214
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''[[Objectified]]''
 |DirectedBy=Gary Hustwit
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|24}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=215
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[Between the Folds]]''
 |DirectedBy=Vanessa Gould
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|12|08}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Origami]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=216
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Scenes from a Parish''
 |DirectedBy=James Rutenbeck
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|12|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=217
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''[[Young@Heart (film)|Young@Heart]]''
 |DirectedBy=Stephen Walker
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Young@Heart]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=218
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[Copyright Criminals]]''
 |DirectedBy=Benjamin Franzen<!--Executive Producer: Kembrew McLeod-->
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|1|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Ramifications of music sampling in hip-hop<ref name="cc-pressrelease">{{cite web|url=http://itvs.org/films/copyright-criminals/photos-and-press-kit|title=ITVS: press release – Copyright Criminals, an Exploration of the Creative and Legal Ramifications of Music Sampling in Hip-Hop|publisher=itvs.org|date=December 3, 2009|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331224202/http://itvs.org/films/copyright-criminals/photos-and-press-kit|archive-date=March 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=219
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''P-Star Rising''
 |DirectedBy=Gabriel Noble
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|9}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[P-Star]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=220
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness''
 |DirectedBy=Llewellyn Smith
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|2}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=221
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''Mine''
 |DirectedBy=Geralyn Pezanoski
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|16}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=222
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Behind the Rainbow''
 |DirectedBy=Jihan El Tahri
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|2|23}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=223
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''The Eyes of Me''
 |DirectedBy=Keith Maitland
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|2}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=224
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)''
 |DirectedBy=Monika Navarro
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|23}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=225
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''Whatever It Takes''
 |DirectedBy=Christopher Wong
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|3|30}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=226
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[Unmistaken Child]]''
 |DirectedBy=Nati Baratz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|7}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=227
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Blessed Is the Match''
 |DirectedBy=Roberta Grossman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|13}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=228
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''Dirt! The Movie''
 |DirectedBy=Bill Benenson and Eugene Rosow
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|20}}
 |ShortSummary=
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=229
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''[[Garbage Dreams]]''
 |DirectedBy=Mai Iskander
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|4|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Zabbaleen]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=230
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Sunshine''
 |DirectedBy=Karen Skloss
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|4}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=231
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''[[The Horse Boy]]''
 |DirectedBy=Michel Scott
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|11}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145

|EpisodeNumber=232
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''Project Kashmir''
 |DirectedBy=[[Senain Kheshgi]] and [[Geeta Patel|Geeta V. Patel]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|18}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=233
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''A Village Called Versailles''
 |DirectedBy=Leo Chiang
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|5|25}}
 |ShortSummary=

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=234
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''[[Goodbye Solo]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Ramin Bahrani]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|6|1}}
 |ShortSummary=
}}
}}

=== Season 12 (2010–11) ===

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=235
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''The Parking Lot Movie''
 |DirectedBy=Meghan Eckman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Parking lot]] workers
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=236
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[Art & Copy]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Doug Pray]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|26}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Advertising]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=237
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''[[Reel Injun|Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Neil Diamond (filmmaker)|Neil Diamond]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|2}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Portrayal of Native Americans in Film]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=238
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''The Longoria Affair''
 |DirectedBy=John J. Valadez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|9}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Felix Z. Longoria Jr.]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=239
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Lost Sparrow''
 |DirectedBy=Chris Billing
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Child abuse]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=240
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Deep Down''
 |DirectedBy=Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|23}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Mountaintop removal mining]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=241
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''[[45365]]''
 |DirectedBy=Bill Ross and Turner Ross
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Sidney, Ohio]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=242
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''The Calling: Part 1''
 |DirectedBy=Danny Alpert
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|20}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Religion in the United States]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=243
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''The Calling: Part 2''
 |DirectedBy=Danny Alpert
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|21}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Religion in the United States]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=244
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Men Who Swim''
 |DirectedBy=Dylan Williams
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|4}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Synchronised swimming|Synchronized swimming]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=245
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Children of Haiti''
 |DirectedBy=Alexandria Hammond
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|11}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Orphans in [[Haiti]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=246
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''For Once in My Life''
 |DirectedBy=Jim Bigham and Mark Moormann
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|1}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Spirit of Goodwill Band and [[Disability]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=247
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''When I Rise''
 |DirectedBy=Mat Hames
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|8}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Barbara Smith Conrad]] and [[Desegregation in the United States|Desegregation]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=248
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''William S. Burroughs: A Man Within''
 |DirectedBy=Yony Leyser
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[William S. Burroughs]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=249
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''[[Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story]]''
 |DirectedBy=Daniel Birman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|1}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Juvenile delinquency]], [[sexual abuse]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=250
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Pushing the Elephant''
 |DirectedBy=Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Congolese American]] activist [[Rose Mapendo]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=251
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''The Desert of Forbidden Art''
 |DirectedBy=Amanda Pope and [[Tchavdar Georgiev]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|5}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Igor Savitsky]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=252
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''[[Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Tamra Davis]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=253
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[Waste Land (film)|Waste Land]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Lucy Walker (director)|Lucy Walker]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Vik Muniz]] [[land fill]] [[recycling]] "pickers"
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=254
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[Marwencol (film)|Marwencol]]''
 |DirectedBy=Jeff Malmberg
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Mark Hogancamp / [[Outsider art]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=255
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''[[A Film Unfinished]]''
 |DirectedBy=Yael Hersonski
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|3}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' History of a Nazi propaganda film on the [[Warsaw Ghetto]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=256
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''Bhutto''
 |DirectedBy=Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|10}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Benazir Bhutto]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=257
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''[[Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jessica Oreck]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Insect]] aficionados in [[Japan]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=258
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''Welcome to Shelbyville''
 |DirectedBy=Kim A. Snyder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|24}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Immigration to the United States]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=259
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''Two Spirits''
 |DirectedBy=Lydia Nibley
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|6|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Two-Spirit]] people
}}
}}

=== Season 13 (2011–12) ===

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=260
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Wham! Bam! Islam!''
 |DirectedBy=Isaac Solotaroff
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[The 99]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=261
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[Donor Unknown]]''
 |DirectedBy=Jerry Rothwell
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|20}}

|ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Donor conceived person]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=262
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''[[Lives Worth Living]]''
 |DirectedBy=Eric Neudel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Disability rights movement]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=263
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Deaf Jam''
 |DirectedBy=Judy Lieff
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|3}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Deaf [[Poetry slam]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=264
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân''
 |DirectedBy=Anne Makepeace
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Saving the language of the [[Wampanoag people]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=265
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''The Woodmans''
 |DirectedBy=C. Scott Willis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|12|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Francesca Woodman]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=266
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''[[These Amazing Shadows]]''
 |DirectedBy=Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|12|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[National Film Registry]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=267
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[Have You Heard From Johannesburg?]] - Episode 1: The Road to Resistance''
 |DirectedBy=Connie Field
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[South Africa under apartheid]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=268
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[Have You Heard From Johannesburg?]] - Episode 2: The New Generation''
 |DirectedBy=Connie Field
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[South Africa under apartheid]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=269
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''[[Have You Heard From Johannesburg?]] - Episode 3: From Selma to Soweto''
 |DirectedBy=Connie Field
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[South Africa under apartheid]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=270
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[Have You Heard From Johannesburg?]] - Episode 4: The Bottom Line''
 |DirectedBy=Connie Field
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[South Africa under apartheid]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=271
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''[[Have You Heard From Johannesburg?]] - Episode 5: Free at Last''
 |DirectedBy=Connie Field
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[South Africa under apartheid]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=272
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock''
 |DirectedBy=Sharon La Cruise
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|2}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Daisy Bates (civil rights activist)]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=273
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975''
 |DirectedBy=Goran Hugo Olsson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|9}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Black Power]] movement

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=274
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''More Than a Month''
 |DirectedBy=Shukree Hassan Tilghman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Black History Month]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=275
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't''
 |DirectedBy=Scott Kirschenbaum
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|3|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Living with [[Alzheimer's disease]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=276
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey]]''
 |DirectedBy=Constance Marks
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|5}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Kevin Clash]] and [[Elmo]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=277
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''When the Drum is Beating''
 |DirectedBy=Whitney Dow
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Septentrional and the [[Music of Haiti]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=278
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[Revenge of the Electric Car]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Chris Paine]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' The re-emergence of the [[Electric car]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=279
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison''
 |DirectedBy=Doug Hawes-Davis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[American bison]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=280
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''Circo''
 |DirectedBy=Aaron Schock
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|3}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Mexican [[Circus]] family
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=281
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''Summer Pasture''
 |DirectedBy=Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Tsering Perlo
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|10}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Nomads in Eastern [[Tibet]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=282
 |EpisodeNumber2=23
 |RTitle=''Precious Knowledge''
 |DirectedBy=Ari Luis Palos
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Controversy over [[Ethnic studies]] in [[Arizona]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=283
 |EpisodeNumber2=25
 |RTitle=''Left by the Ship''
 |DirectedBy=Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|24}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Amerasian]] children in the [[Philippines]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=284
 |EpisodeNumber2=24
 |RTitle=''[[Hell and Back Again]]''
 |DirectedBy=Danfung Dennis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|28}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Sgt. Nathan Harris, veteran of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=285
 |EpisodeNumber2=26
 |RTitle=''[[We Were Here (film)|We Were Here]]''
 |DirectedBy=David Weissman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|6|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' The [[AIDS]] crisis in San Francisco

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber=286
 |EpisodeNumber2=27
 |RTitle=''Strong!''
 |DirectedBy=Julie Wyman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|7|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Former U.S. [[Olympic weightlifting]] team member [[Cheryl Haworth]]
}}
}}

=== Season 14 (2012–13) ===
"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" was a special co-presentation between Independent Lens and Show of Force.<br />
Episode 1410 "Kind Hearted Woman" is a co-presentation with the PBS series ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]''.

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2= --
 |RTitle=''Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide''
 |DirectedBy=Maro Chermayeff, Jamie Gordon, and Mikaela Beardsley
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|1}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Half the Sky movement]] and [[Women's rights]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''As Goes Janesville''
 |DirectedBy=Brad Lichtenstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|8}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Controversy over [[2011 Wisconsin Act 10]] and effects of the [[Great Recession]] in [[Janesville, Wisconsin]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Love Free or Die''
 |DirectedBy=Macky Alston
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Gene Robinson]] and [[Homosexuality and Anglicanism]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Solar Mamas''
 |DirectedBy=[[Jehane Noujaim]] and Mona Eldaief
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|5}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Barefoot College]] and [[Women's rights]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream''
 |DirectedBy=[[Alex Gibney]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Wealth inequality in the United States]] and [[Power (social and political)|power]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''[[Soul Food Junkies]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Byron Hurt]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|01|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Soul food]] and [[Obesity in the United States]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Beauty is Embarrassing''
 |DirectedBy=Neil Berkeley
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|01|21}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Wayne White (artist)]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''The Revisionaries''
 |DirectedBy=Scott Thurman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|01|28}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Texas Education Agency]] and [[Intelligent design in politics]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights''
 |DirectedBy=Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, and Taylor Hamilton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|02|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Whitney Young]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry]]''
 |DirectedBy=Alison Klayman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|02|25}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Ai Weiwei]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Kind Hearted Woman''
 |DirectedBy=David R. Sutherland
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|04|01}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Domestic violence]] in [[Oglala Lakota]] community.

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[The House I Live In (2012 film)|The House I Live In]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Eugene Jarecki]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|04|8}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' America's [[War on Drugs]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines''
 |DirectedBy=Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|04|15}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' History of [[Wonder Woman]] and other female super heroes.

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''[[The Island President]]''
 |DirectedBy=Jon Shenk
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|04|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Mohamed Nasheed]] and [[Climate change]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''The Undocumented''
 |DirectedBy=[[Marco Williams]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|04|29}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Illegal immigration to the United States]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Seeking Asian Female''
 |DirectedBy=[[Debbie Lum]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|05|06}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Asian fetish]] and [[Mail-order bride]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''[[The Invisible War]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Kirby Dick]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|05|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Sexual assault in the United States military]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Detropia]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Heidi Ewing]] and [[Rachel Grady]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|05|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Detroit]] and [[Urban decay]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''The Revolutionary Optimists''
 |DirectedBy=Nicole Newnham and Maren Grainger-Monsen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|06|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Children working to alleviate effects of [[Poverty in India]]

}}
}}

=== Season 15 (2013–14) ===

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey]]''
 |DirectedBy=Ramona S. Diaz
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|30}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' How [[Arnel Pineda]] became lead singer of [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''The Waiting Room''
 |DirectedBy=Pete Nicks
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|21}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Health care in the United States]] and [[Highland Hospital (Oakland, California)]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''The Graduates/Los Graduados''
 |DirectedBy=[[Bernardo Ruiz (filmmaker)|Bernardo Ruiz]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|28}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Latinos]] and [[high school]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Indian Relay''
 |DirectedBy=Charles Dye
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Native Americans in the United States]] and [[horse racing]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''Young Lakota''
 |DirectedBy=[[Marion Lipschutz]] and [[Rose Rosenblatt]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|25}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Cecilia Fire Thunder]] and controversy over [[Planned Parenthood]] on the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Playwright: From Page to Stage''
 |DirectedBy=Robert Levi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Playwrights [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]] and [[Rajiv Joseph]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[David Gelb]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|23}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Sushi]] master chef [[Sukiyabashi Jiro]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[How to Survive a Plague]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[David France (writer)]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|12|30}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[AIDS epidemic]] and grassroots activists [[ACT UP]] and [[Treatment Action Group|TAG]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''At Berkeley''
 |DirectedBy=[[Frederick Wiseman]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|01|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[University of California, Berkeley]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Blood Brother''
 |DirectedBy=Steve Hoover
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|01|20}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[AIDS orphans]] in [[India]].

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''The State of Arizona''
 |DirectedBy=Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|01|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Arizona SB 1070]] and the debate over [[immigration]] in [[Arizona]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''[http://www.spiesofmississippithefilm.com/ Spies of Mississippi]''
 |DirectedBy=Dawn Porter
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|02|10}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission]] and [[Civil rights movement]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Las Marthas''
 |DirectedBy=Cristina Ibarra
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|02|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' The [[Laredo, Texas]] [[Society of Martha Washington]] [[Debutante ball]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''All of Me''
 |DirectedBy=Alexandra Lescaze
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|03|24}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Women who met via [[National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''[[Medora (film)|Medora]]''
 |DirectedBy=Andrew Cohn and [[Davy Rothbart]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|03|31}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' High school [[basketball]] team in [[Medora, Indiana]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Brothers Hypnotic''
 |DirectedBy=Reuben Atlas
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|07}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' The [[Hypnotic Brass Ensemble]] and [[Phil Cohran]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''The Trials of Muhammad Ali''
 |DirectedBy=Bill Siegel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|14}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Muhammad Ali]]'s refusal to serve in [[Vietnam War]] and subsequent ban from [[boxing]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''[[Muscle Shoals (film)|Muscle Shoals]]''
 |DirectedBy=Greg Camalier
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|04|21}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' The famous [[Muscle Shoals, Alabama]] music studios [[FAME Studios]] and [[Muscle Shoals Sound Studio]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times''
 |DirectedBy=Samantha Grant
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|05}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Jayson Blair]], [[The New York Times]], and [[plagiarism]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[Let the Fire Burn]]''
 |DirectedBy=Jason Osder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' 1985 standoff between [[MOVE (Philadelphia organization)|MOVE]] and [[Philadelphia Police Department]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''[[God Loves Uganda]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Roger Ross Williams]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|05|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[International House of Prayer]]'s efforts to spread [[Christianity]] and promote [[Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=22
 |RTitle=''The New Black''
 |DirectedBy=Yoruba Richen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|06|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[African American]] divide on [[Same-sex marriage in Maryland]] and [[Maryland Question 6]]

}}
}}

=== Season 16 (2014–15) ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/|title=Our Films / Independent Lens / PBS|publisher=pbs.com|access-date=2016-02-17}}</ref>

{{Episode table |background=#A62145 |season=6 |title=25 |director=22 |airdate=18 |episodes=

{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Bully (2011 film)|Bully]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Lee Hirsch]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Bullying]] in [[United States]] [[schools]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[Twin Sisters (2013 film)|Twin Sisters]]''
 |DirectedBy=Mona Friis Bertheussen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|20}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Twin]]s [[adoption]] from [[China]] to the [[United States]] and [[Norway]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Brakeless''
 |DirectedBy=Kyoko Miyake
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Amagasaki rail crash]] in [[Japan]]
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''[[Katiyabaaz|Powerless]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Fahad Mustafa]] and Deepti Kakkar
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|03}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Kanpur]], [[India]] and [[Electricity sector in India]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''[[Happiness (2014 film)|Happiness]]''
 |DirectedBy=Thomas Balmès
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|17}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' When [[television]] and [[internet]] came to [[Bhutan]]
 }}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''[[Rich Hill (film)|Rich Hill]]''
 |DirectedBy=Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|01|05}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Challenges, hopes, and dreams of three young residents of a rural, impoverished American town

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Evolution of a Criminal''
 |DirectedBy=Darius Clark Monroe
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|01|12}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Filmmaker]] explores the [[Bank robbery]] he committed as a [[teenager]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[The Kill Team (2013 film)|The Kill Team]]''
 |DirectedBy=Dan Krauss
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|01|19}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Maywand District murders]] during the [[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|War in Afghanistan]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''A Path Appears''
 |DirectedBy=Maro Chermayeff
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|01|26}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' Sequel to the series based on [[Half the Sky]], as [[Nicholas Kristof]] and [[Sheryl WuDunn]] track stories of women overcoming gender-based oppression, [[sexual violence]] and [[sex trafficking]]
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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''[[Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Thomas Allen Harris]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|02|16}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[African American]] [[photography]] from [[American Civil War]] to present

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''American Denial''
 |DirectedBy=Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers, and Kelly Thomson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|02|23}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Gunnar Myrdal]] and unconscious [[racism]] in the [[United States of America]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle='' Little White Lie''
 |DirectedBy=[[Lacey Schwartz Delgado]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|03|23}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' A [[Jewish]] filmmaker discovers she may also be [[African-American]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''Little Hope Was Arson''
 |DirectedBy=Theo Love
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|04|06}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[2010 East Texas church burnings]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[The Homestretch (film)|The Homestretch]]''
 |DirectedBy=Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|04|13}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Homeless]] [[teenagers]] in [[Chicago]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''The Great Invisible''
 |DirectedBy=[[Margaret Brown (film director)|Margaret Brown]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|04|20}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[BP oil spill in the Gulf]] in 2010 and [[Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill|its aftermath]]
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 |EpisodeNumber2=?
 |RTitle=''After the Storm''
 |DirectedBy=?
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|04|27}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' "tells the story of what happens in the wake of a devastating tornado that ripped through central Alabama in 2011"

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Kumu Hina''
 |DirectedBy=[[Dean Hamer]] and Joe Wilson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|05|04}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Transgender]] [[Hawaii]]an teacher
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity''
 |DirectedBy=[[Catherine Gund]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|05|11}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Choreographer]] [[Elizabeth Streb]]

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''[[1971 (2014 film)|1971]]''
 |DirectedBy=Johanna Hamilton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|05|18}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]], [[FBI]] and [[COINTELPRO]]
 }}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''[[Limited Partnership (film)|Limited Partnership]]''
 |DirectedBy=Thomas G. Miller and Kirk Marcolina
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|06|15}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:''' On one of the first [[Same-sex marriage]]s, a couple then denied legal status by [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]]

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=?
 |RTitle=''In the Shadow of Ebola''
 |DirectedBy=Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|06|22}}
 |ShortSummary='''Subject:'''
 }}
}}

=== Season 17 (2015–16) ===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/|title=Our Films / Independent Lens / PBS|publisher=pbs.com|access-date=2016-02-16}}</ref>

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 |RTitle=''Immigration Battle''
 |DirectedBy=[[Shari Robertson]] and [[Michael Camerini]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|10|20}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''Stray Dog'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Debra Granik]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|9}}
}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[India's Daughter]]'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Leslee Udwin]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|16}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Mimi and Dona'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Sophie Sartain
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|11|23}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''East of Salinas'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Laura Pacheco and Jackie Mow
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|12|28}}

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''[[Chuck Norris vs Communism]]'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ilinca Calugareanu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|4}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''Autism in Love'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Matt Fuller
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|11}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''In Football We Trust''
 |DirectedBy=[[Tony Vainuku]] and [[Erika Cohn]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|1|25}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''[[No más bebés|No Más Bebés]] (No More Babies)'' |title=<ref name=zap2it>{{cite web|title=Independent Lens|url=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/independent-lens/episode-guide/EP00317756|website=Zap2it|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Renee Tajima-Peña]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|1}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[A Ballerina's Tale]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Nelson George]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|8}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''[[The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Stanley Nelson Jr.|Stanley Nelson]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|16}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''[[(T)ERROR]]''
 |DirectedBy=Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|22}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Wilhemina's War''
 |DirectedBy=June Cross
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|2|29}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''[[An Honest Liar]]''
 |DirectedBy=Tyler Measom and Justin Weinstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|3|28}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''[[Welcome to Leith]]''
 |DirectedBy=Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|4}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''Democrats''
 |DirectedBy=Camilla Nielsson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|4|18}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''My Nazi Legacy''
 |DirectedBy=David Evans
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|2}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Peace Officer (film)|Peace Officer]]''
 |DirectedBy=Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|9}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''The Armor of Light''
 |DirectedBy=[[Abigail Disney]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|10}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Dogtown Redemption''
 |DirectedBy=Amir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|5|16}}
}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[Trapped (2016 American film)|Trapped]]''
 |DirectedBy=[[Dawn Porter (filmmaker)|Dawn Porter]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|6}}

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=21
 |RTitle=''T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold''
 |DirectedBy=Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|8|2}}
}}
}}

===Season 18 (2016–17)===
<ref name="Our Films / Independent Lens / PBS">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/|title=Our Films / Independent Lens / PBS|publisher=pbs.com|access-date=2017-01-24}}</ref>

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 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Best of Enemies (2015 film)|Best of Enemies]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/best-of-enemies/ |title= Best of Enemies {{pipe}} Documentary about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr. Debates {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Robert Gordon (writer and filmmaker)|Robert Gordon]] and [[Morgan Neville]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|10|3}}
 |ShortSummary= 

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''[[Meet the Patels]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/meet-the-patels/ |title= Meet the Patels {{pipe}} Documentary about Indian American Arranged Marriage {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Ravi Patel (actor)|Ravi Patel]] and [[Geeta Patel]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2016|12|26}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''[[Best and Most Beautiful Things]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/best-and-most-beautiful-things/ |title= Best and Most Beautiful Things {{pipe}} Documentary about Quirky Young Blind Woman {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Garrett Zevgetis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|2}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''Containment''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/containment/ |title= Containment {{pipe}} Documentary about Storing Nuclear Waste in the Future {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Robb Moss and Peter Galison
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|9}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''What Was Ours''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/what-was-ours/ |title= What Was Ours {{pipe}} Searching for Ancestral Native American Artifacts {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Mat Hames]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|16}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''[[The Witness (2016 film)|The Witness]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/witness/ |title= The Witness {{pipe}} Film about Reinvestigating Kitty Genovese Murder {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=James Solomon
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|1|23}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |RTitle=''Birth of a Movement''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/birth-of-a-movement/ |title= Birth of a Movement {{pipe}} Film about Controversy Around D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Susan Gray and Bestor Cram
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|2|6}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''Accidental Courtesy''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/accidental-courtesy/ |title= Accidental Courtesy {{pipe}} Film about Daryl Davis Meeting KKK Members {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Matt Ornstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|2|13}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''[[Tower (2016 film)|TOWER]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/tower/ |title= TOWER {{pipe}} Film about Survivors & Heroes of 1966 Univ. of Texas Shooting {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Keith Maitland
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|2|14}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''[[The Bad Kids]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/bad-kids/ |title= The Bad Kids {{pipe}} Last Chance School for At-Risk Teens {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Lou Pepe and Keith Fulton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|3|20}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Ovarian Psycos''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/ovarian-psycos/ |title= Ovarian Psycos {{pipe}} Film About Women of Color Bike Brigade {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Kate Trumbull-LaValle and Joanna Sokolowski
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|3|27}}
 |ShortSummary= 

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''Newtown''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/newtown/ |title= Newtown {{pipe}} Documentary about Sandy Hook School Shooting Aftermath {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Kim A. Snyder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|4|3}}
 |ShortSummary= 

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 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''SEED: The Untold Story''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/seed-the-untold-story/ |title= SEED: The Untold Story {{pipe}} Documentary About Importance of Seed Keeping {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jon Betz and [[Taggart Siegel]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|4|17}}
 |ShortSummary= 

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''The Last Laugh''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/last-laugh/ |title= The Last Laugh {{pipe}} Film About Taboos in Comedy {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ferne Pearlstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|4|24}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''[[National Bird (film)|National Bird]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/national-bird/ |title= National Bird {{pipe}} Drone Warfare Whistleblowers {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Sonia Kennebeck]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|1}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''[[The Prison in Twelve Landscapes]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/prison-in-twelve-landscapes/ |title= The Prison in Twelve Landscapes {{pipe}} How Prisons Affect Lives Outside the Gates {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Brett Story]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|8}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''[[Forever Pure]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/forever-pure/ |title= Forever Pure {{pipe}} Israeli Soccer Club Torn Apart by Racism {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Maya Zinshtein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|15}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''[[They Call Us Monsters]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/they-call-us-monsters/ |title= They Call Us Monsters {{pipe}} Incarcerated Juveniles Learn Filmmaking {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ben Lear
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|22}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''Farmer/Veteran''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/farmer-veteran/ |title= Farmer/Veteran {{pipe}} Veteran Fights PTSD on Farm {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=D.L. Anderson, Alexandra Blair and Jeremy Lange
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|5|29}}
 |ShortSummary= 

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 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''Real Boy''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/real-boy/ |title= Real Boy {{pipe}} Trans Teen and His Mom's Journey to Acceptance {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Shaleece Haas and Charlotte Lagarde
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|6|19}}
 |ShortSummary= 

}}
}}

=== Season 19 (2017–18) ===
<ref name="Our Films / Independent Lens / PBS"/>

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{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |RTitle=''[[Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/chasing-trane/ |title= Chasing Trane {{pipe}} Definitive Film Bio of Jazz Legend John Coltrane {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=John Scheinfeld
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|11|06}}
 |ShortSummary= The great saxophonist [[John Coltrane]], the man and the musical artist.

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |RTitle=''Shadow World''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/shadow-world/ |title= Shadow World {{pipe}} Shocking Inside Story of Global Arms Trade {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Johan Grimonprez]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|11|20}}
 |ShortSummary= The billion-dollar global arms trade.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |RTitle=''Supergirl''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/supergirl/ |title= Supergirl {{pipe}} Orthodox Jewish Teen Powerlifting Champ {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jessie Auritt]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2017|12|18}}
 |ShortSummary= The story of [[Naomi Kutin]], an ordinary Orthodox Jewish pre-teen with extraordinary powerlifting talent.

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |RTitle=''The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/untold-tales-armistead-maupin/ |title= The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin {{pipe}} Groundbreaking Tales of the City Writer {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jennifer Kroot]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|01|01}}
 |ShortSummary= The story of writer [[Armistead Maupin]], whose ''[[Tales of the City]]'' series inspired millions to claim their own truth.

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |RTitle=''[[Unrest (2017 film)|Unrest]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/unrest/ |title= Unrest {{pipe}} Filmmaker Documents Struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E.) {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jennifer Brea]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|01|08}}
 |ShortSummary=Filmmaker Jennifer Brea's struggle with [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]].

}}
{{Episode list |LineColor=A62145
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |RTitle=''[[I Am Not Your Negro]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/i-am-not-your-negro/ |title= I Am Not Your Negro {{pipe}} Oscar-Nominated Film of James Baldwin's Words on Race in America {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Raoul Peck]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|01|15}}
 |ShortSummary= The book [[James Baldwin]] never finished is envisioned to examine race in America then and now.

}}
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 |RTitle=''The Force''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-force/ |title= The Force {{pipe}} Inside the Oakland Police Dept. During a Time of Upheaval {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Peter Nicks]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|01|22}}
 |ShortSummary= Inside the long-troubled [[Oakland Police Department]] as it struggles with demands for reform during tumultuous times.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |RTitle=''I Am Another You''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/i-am-another-you/ |title= I Am Another You {{pipe}} Filmmaker Nanfu Wang's Portrait of an American Drifter {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Nanfu Wang]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|01|29}}
 |ShortSummary= A charismatic young homeless drifter who left a comfortable home life for a life on the road.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |RTitle=''Winnie''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/winnie/ |title= Winnie {{pipe}} Film About Overshadowed South African Activist Winnie Mandela {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Pascale Lamche
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|02|05}}
 |ShortSummary= The overshadowed life of [[Winnie Mandela]] and her contributions to bring down [[apartheid]] from the inside.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |RTitle=''Tell Them We Are Rising''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/tell-them-we-are-rising/ |title= Tell Them We Are Rising {{pipe}} History & Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Stanley Nelson Jr.]] and Marco Williams
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|02|19}}
 |ShortSummary= The pivotal role [[historically black colleges and universities]] (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |RTitle=''Rat Film''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/rat-film/ |title= Rat Film {{pipe}} Connecting Rat Population and Classism in Baltimore {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Theo Anthony
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|02|26}}
 |ShortSummary= The history of [[Baltimore]] via the rat and the city's connection between infestations and economic inequity.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |RTitle=''[[Dolores (2017 film)|Dolores]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/dolores-huerta/ |title= Dolores {{pipe}} Portrait of Labor and Feminist Icon Dolores Huerta {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Peter Bratt
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|03|27}}
 |ShortSummary= Activist icon [[Dolores Huerta]], who led the fight for racial and labor justice.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |RTitle=''[[When God Sleeps]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/when-god-sleeps/ |title= When God Sleeps {{pipe}} Rock-Doc About Iranian Musician Shahin Najafi Who Lives in Hiding {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Till Schauder]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|04|02}}
 |ShortSummary= A rap-punk-rock documentary about Iranian musician [[Shahin Najafi]], who is forced into hiding after hardline clerics issue a [[fatwa]] for his death.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |RTitle=''The Art of the Shine''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-art-of-the-shine/ |title= The Art of the Shine {{pipe}} The World of Professional Shoe Shiners {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Stacey Tenenbaum
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|04|09}}
 |ShortSummary= An intimate look at the people around the world who restore dignity and delight to a forgotten profession.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |RTitle=''What Lies Upstream''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/what-lies-upstream/ |title= What Lies Upstream {{pipe}} Expose of Fallout from West Virginia Chemical Spill {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Cullen Hoback]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|04|16}}
 |ShortSummary= The [[2014 Elk River chemical spill]] (the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 people in West Virginia).

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |RTitle=''Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/look-see-wendell-berrys-kentucky/ |title= Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky {{pipe}} Portrait of Changing Landscape of Rural America {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Laura Dunn
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|04|23}}
 |ShortSummary= Rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, through the eyes of beloved poet and farmer [[Wendell Berry]].

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |RTitle=''True Conviction''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/true-conviction/ |title= True Conviction {{pipe}} Detective Agency of Exonerated Men Helping the Wrongly Imprisoned {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jamie Meltzer]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|04|30}}
 |ShortSummary= After a combined 60 years in prison before exoneration, 3 Texans form a detective agency to free other innocent people.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |RTitle=''No Man's Land''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/no-mans-land/ |title= No Man's Land {{pipe}} Inside 2016 Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Standoff {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=David Byars
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|05|07}}
 |ShortSummary= The 2016 standoff between protesters in Oregon's Malheur Refuge and federal authorities.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |RTitle=''ACORN and the Firestorm''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/acorn-and-the-firestorm/ |title= ACORN and the Firestorm {{pipe}} How a Video Sting to Bring Down Community Organizing Group Set Off Media Frenzy {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|05|21}}
 |ShortSummary= A sting to bring down community organizers sets off media frenzy affecting real people on all sides of political divide.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |RTitle=''[[Served Like a Girl]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/served-like-girl/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125011712/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/served-like-girl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |title= Served Like a Girl {{pipe}} Inspiring Women Overcoming Challenges in Ms. Veteran America Competition {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Lysa Heslov]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|05|28}}
 |ShortSummary= A group of women veterans as they transition from active US military duty to civilian life with its challenges, and their participation in the "Ms. Veteran America" competition.

}}
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=== Season 20 (2018–19) ===
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 |Title=Wildland
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/wildland/ |title= Wildland {{pipe}} Venture Through Hell Alongside Firefighters {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Alex Jablonski and Kahlil Hudson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|10|29}}
 |ShortSummary= A firefighting crew training to battle nature's most extraordinary force.

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 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=Dawnland
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/dawnland/ |title= Dawnland {{pipe}} Finding Reconciliation for Native American Child Removal {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|11|5}}
 |ShortSummary= An untold story of indigenous child removal, the stakes of family separation policy are no less than cultural survival.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=The Cleaners
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-cleaners/ |title= The Cleaners {{pipe}} The Outsourced Digital Cleaners Censoring Your Feed {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-11-19 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Moritz Riesewieck and Hans Block
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|11|12}}
 |ShortSummary= The shadow industry of "content moderators", hired by Silicon Valley leaders to control what we see online. (Duration: 86 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=The Judge
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-judge/ |title= The Judge {{pipe}} Story of First-Ever Female Judge in Palestine's Religious Courts {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2018-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Erika Cohn
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|11|19}}
 |ShortSummary= The story of the first-ever female judge in Palestine's religious courts who overcame a male-dominated tradition to change minds. (Duration: 81 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=Man on Fire
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/man-on-fire/ |title= Man on Fire {{pipe}} Community Grapples with a Reverend's Self-Immolation {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Joel Fendelman
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2018|12|17}}
 |ShortSummary= A community deals with the aftermath of a shocking public suicide.

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 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=My Country No More
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/my-country-no-more/ |title= My Country No More {{pipe}} A Community Divided Over Oil Boom {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Rita Baghdadi and Jeremiah Hammerling
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|1|7}}
 |ShortSummary= The human cost of the oil boom seen through the intimate lens of a family fighting for their agricultural way of life.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=Rodents of Unusual Size
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/rodents-of-unusual-size/ |title= Rodents of Unusual Size {{pipe}} A Real-Life Horror "Tail" {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Quinn Costello, [[Chris Metzler]] and Jeff Springer
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|1|14}}
 |ShortSummary= The story of the introduction of [[nutria]] (20-pound rodents) to [[Louisiana]] and the creative efforts being used in the attempts to eradicate them.

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=[[RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/rumble/ |title= RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Catherine Bainbridge]] and [[Alfonso Maiorana]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|1|21}}
 |ShortSummary= The electric story of how [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] influence shaped rock and roll, a missing chapter in music history. (Duration: 86 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=9A
 |Title=[[The King (2017 American film)|The King]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-king/ |title= The King {{pipe}} Our Films {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-01-18 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Eugene Jarecki]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|1|28}}
 |ShortSummary= Climb into [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]]'s 1963 Rolls-Royce for a musical road trip and meditation on modern America. (Duration: 107 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=9B
 |Title='''Accident, MD'''
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/accident-md/ |title= Accident, MD {{pipe}} America's Healthcare Crisis {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>{{sp}}(short)
 |DirectedBy=Dan Rybicky
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|1|28}}
 |ShortSummary= A short documentary about America's healthcare crisis as seen in the town of [[Accident, Maryland]] during the summer before the 2016 election. (Duration: 8 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Black Memorabilia
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/black-memorabilia/ |title= Black Memorabilia {{pipe}} Racially Charged Nostalgia Lives On {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Chico Colvard
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|2|4}}
 |ShortSummary= A look at those who reproduce, consume and reclaim racially-charged memorabilia.

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 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=[[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film)|Won't You Be My Neighbor?]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132052/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2019 |title= Won't You Be My Neighbor? {{pipe}} On Mister Rogers' Legacy of Kindness {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Morgan Neville]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|2|9}}
 |ShortSummary= An intimate look at America's favorite neighbor: [[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]].

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 |EpisodeNumber2=12A
 |Title=[[Hale County This Morning, This Evening]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/hale-county-this-morning-this-evening/ |title= Hale County This Morning, This Evening {{pipe}} Oscar-Nominated Documentary {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=RaMell Ross
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|2|11}}
 |ShortSummary= A journey through the world of [[Hale County, Alabama]], an intimate glimpse into the southern black experience. (Nominated for an Academy Award; Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=12B
 |Title='''While I Yet Live'''
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/while-i-yet-live/ |title= While I Yet Live {{pipe}} African American Quilters {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>{{sp}}(short)
 |DirectedBy=[[Maris Curran]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|2|11}}
 |ShortSummary= A short documentary about five acclaimed quilters from [[Boykin, Alabama|Gee's Bend, Alabama]] as they are quilting and talk about love, religion and their fight for civil rights.

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 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=People's Republic of Desire
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/peoples-republic-of-desire/ |title= People's Republic of Desire {{pipe}} Step Into Virtual World of Livestreaming Showrooms {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-02-09 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Hao Wu (director)|Hao Wu]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|2|25}}
 |ShortSummary= The stunning but lonely world of Chinese live-streaming "showrooms". (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=Tre Maison Dasan
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/tre-maison-dasan/ |title= Tre Maison Dasan {{pipe}} Life with a Parent in Prison Through Eyes of Their Children {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Denali Tiller]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|4|01}}
 |ShortSummary= Life with a parent in prison through eyes of their children. (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=The Providers
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-providers/ |title= The Providers {{pipe}} Rural Health Care Providers Making a Difference {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Laura Green & Anna Moot-Levin
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|4|08}}
 |ShortSummary= Three rural healthcare providers try to make a difference in the lives of their patients against overwhelming odds. (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/marcos-doesnt-live-here-anymore/ |title= Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore {{pipe}} A Co-Presentation with FRONTLINE {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[David Sutherland (filmmaker)|David Sutherland]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|4|15}}
 |ShortSummary=This documentary examines the US immigration system through the eyes of a couple (a decorated US Marine veteran and her undocumented husband) separated by deportation. (A special presentation of ''Independent Lens'', ''FRONTLINE'' and ''VOCES''; Timeslot: 120 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |Title=Charm City
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/charm-city/ |title= Charm City {{pipe}} People Working to Stem Tide of Violence in Baltimore {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Marilyn Ness]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|4|22}}
 |ShortSummary=Meet the people working to stem the tide of violence in Baltimore, in Marilyn Ness's acclaimed documentary. (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |Title=Out of State
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/out-of-state/ |title= Out of State {{pipe}} Hawaiian Inmates Rediscover Their Roots {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ciara Lacy
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|5|06}}
 |ShortSummary=Follows the journeys of native Hawaiians in a prison thousands of miles from home.

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 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |Title=Harvest Season
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/harvest-season/ |title= Harvest Season {{pipe}} Latino Underdogs of California Wine Industry {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Bernardo Ruiz (filmmaker)|Bernardo Ruiz]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|5|13}}
 |ShortSummary=Documentary spotlights California's Latino winemakers and the migrant workers behind every bottle. (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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 |EpisodeNumber2=20
 |Title=Wrestle
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/wrestle/ |title= Wrestle {{pipe}} Struggling Alabama High School's Wrestling Team {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-06-26 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Suzannah Herbert & Lauren Belfer
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|5|20}}
 |ShortSummary=An intimate and inspiring portrait of an Alabama high school wrestling team as they face challenges on and off the mat. (Timeslot: 90 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})

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===Season 21 (2019–20)===
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 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Made in Boise
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2019/10/28/made-in-boise-documents-the-women-who-make-the-area-the-unofficial-surrogacy-capital-of-the-us/?sh=7acc359d1bda |title=''Made in Boise'' Documents The Women Who Make The Area The 'Unofficial Surrogacy Capital' Of The U.S.' |work=Forbes |access-date=2019-10-28 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Beth Aala]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|10|29}}
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 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=Decade of Fire
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/decade-of-fire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903034058/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/decade-of-fire/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2019 |title= Decade of Fire {{pipe}} The South Bronx Fires {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and Gretchen Hildebran
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|11|4}}
 |ShortSummary= Discover why the Bronx burned in the 1970s displacing a quarter-million residents and meet those who chose to resist, remain and rebuild.
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 |EpisodeNumber=2103
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=The Interpreters
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-interpreters/ |title= The Interpreters {{pipe}} Afghanis & Iraqis Left Behind {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Andrés Caballero and Sofian Khan
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|11|11}}
 |ShortSummary= Meet local interpreters who helped US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, now in danger themselves. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2104
 |EpisodeNumber2=4A
 |Title=Conscience Point
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/conscience-point/ |title= Conscience Point {{pipe}} A Woman's Fight to Protect Her Tribe {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Treva Wurmfeld
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|11|18}}
 |ShortSummary= Development in the Hamptons of Long Island, including mega-mansions and the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club built atop a sacred burial ground, triggers a woman's relentless fight to protect her tribe, the [[Shinnecock Indian Nation]], from the onslaughts of development. (Duration: 74 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})
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 |EpisodeNumber2=4B
 |Title=Jewel's Hunt
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/jewels-hunt/ |title= Jewel's Hunt {{pipe}} Our Films {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>{{sp}}(short)
 |DirectedBy=Alexandra Stergiou
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|11|18}}
 |ShortSummary= Sixteen-year-old high school student Jewel Wilson explores what it means to come of age as an Inupiat subsistence hunter in Unalakleet, Alaska. (Timeslot: 15 {{abbr|min.|minutes}})
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2105
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=Attla
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/attla/ |title= Attla {{pipe}} Legendary Dogsled Champion {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Catharine Axley
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|12|16}}
 |ShortSummary= The inspiring true story of the one-good-legged legendary Alaska Native dogsled champion [[George Attla]] is woven with his coming out of retirement to train his twenty-year-old grandnephew, Joe Bifelt, to compete in one of the world's largest dogsled sprint races.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2106
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=''[[A Day in the Life of America]]''
 |RTitle=<ref name="A Day in the Life of America &#124">{{cite web |title=A Day in the Life of America {{pipe}} 92 film crews, 24 hours, 1 nation|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/a-day-in-the-life-of-america/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jared Leto]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|01|11}}
 |ShortSummary= Shot over the course of 2017 [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], the film depicts glimpses into the diversity and division of the United States.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2107
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=The First Rainbow Coalition
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=The First Rainbow Coalition|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-first-rainbow-coalition/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Ray Santisteban]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|01|27}}
 |ShortSummary= The Chicago [[Black Panther Party]], the Latino group [[Young Lords]] Organization, and the [[Young Patriots Organization]] band together to confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2108
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Cooked: Survival by Zip Code|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/cooked-survival-by-zip-code/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Judith Helfand]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|02|03}}
 |ShortSummary= The [[1995 Chicago heat wave|July 1995 heat wave in Chicago]] claimed 739 lives in a single week, and became the most traumatic heat wave in U.S. history.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2109
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Leftover Women
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Leftover Women|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/leftover-women/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[shosh Shlam]] and [[Hilla Medalia]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|02|10}}
 |ShortSummary= Three modern women search for Mr. Right before Chinese society deems them '[[Sheng nu|leftover]]' for putting jobs ahead of marriage.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2110
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=''[[We Believe in Dinosaurs]]''
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/we-believe-in-dinosaurs/ |title=We Believe in Dinosaurs |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Monica Long Ross]] and [[Clayton Brown]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|2|17}}
 |ShortSummary=The Bible and science collide over a Kentucky creationism museum and a $120 million [[Ark Encounter|Noah's Ark-inspired theme park]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2111
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=Always in Season
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/always-in-season/ |title=We Believe in Dinosaurs |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jacqueline Olive
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|2|24}}
 |ShortSummary=The suspicious death of Lennon Lacy and a mother's quest for truth.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2112
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title=[[One Child Nation]]
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=[[Nanfu Wang]] and Jialing Zhang
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|3|30}}
 |ShortSummary=Explores the devastating impacts of China's one-child policy.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2113
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=Bedlam
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Bedlam|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/bedlam/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=September 29, 2023 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D.
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|4|13}}
 |ShortSummary=Examines the mental health crisis through intimate stories of people in-and-out of ERs, jails and homeless camps.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2114
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=The Hottest August
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hottest August|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-hottest-august/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=September 29, 2023 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Brett Story]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|4|20}}
 |ShortSummary=Raises the specter of our changing climate with interviews from ordinary New Yorkers sharing their anxieties about the future.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2115
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=Jim Allison: Breakthrough 
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Allison: Breakthrough|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/jim-allison-breakthrough/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=September 29, 2023 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Bill Haney
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|4|27}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Nobel Prize]]-winning immunologist [[James P. Allison]] went from small-town Texas to taking on the medical establishment.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2116
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=Rewind 
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy= Sasha Joseph Neulinger
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|5|11}}
 |ShortSummary=A vivid but ultimately hopeful portrait of a family plagued by a vicious cycle of abuse.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2117
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |Title=Eating Up Easter
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Sergio M. Rapu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|5|25}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Rapa Nui]] is facing increasing challenges to preserve its culture and environment from tourism and modern society.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2118
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |Title=[[Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project]]
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Matt Wolf
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|6|15}}
 |ShortSummary=Radical activist-turned-recluse [[Marion Stokes]] videotaped everything on TV for thirty years in the name of truth.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2119
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |Title=Pipe Dreams
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Stacey Tenenbaum
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|6|22}}
 |ShortSummary=A new generation of talented young musicians compete in the world's most prestigious pipe organ competition.
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===Season 22 (2020–21)===

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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2201
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=[[Feels Good Man]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/feels-good-man/ |title= Feels Good Man {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Arthur Jones
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|10|19}}
 |ShortSummary=Chronicles the surreal story of [[Pepe the Frog]]'s journey from laid-back cartoon character to registered hate symbol.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2202
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=Represent
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/represent/|title=Represent {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Hillary Bachelder
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|10|26}}
 |ShortSummary=Leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, three midwestern women tackle politics on their own terms.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2203
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=Jonathan Scott's Power Trip
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/jonathan-scotts-power-trip/ |title= Jonathan Scott's Power Trip {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jonathan Scott (television personality)]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|11|16}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Property Brothers]]' Jonathan Scott journeys across the U.S. to uncover why solar energy isn't available to all.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2204
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=[[Belly of the Beast (2020 film)|Belly of the Beast]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/belly-of-the-beast/ |title= Attla {{pipe}} Exposé of Reproductive Inustice {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Erika Cohn]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2020|11|23}}
 |ShortSummary= Two women investigate a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women's prisons and battle the Department of Corrections.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2205
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/a-womans-work-nfls-cheerleader-problem/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Yu Gu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|01|04}}
 |ShortSummary= Two brave cheerleaders battle the massive, male-dominated sports league the [[NFL]] for recognition, and a raise.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2206
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=''[[A Day in the Life of America]]''
 |RTitle=<ref name="A Day in the Life of America &#124">{{cite web |title=A Day in the Life of America {{pipe}} 92 film crews, 24 hours, 1 nation|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/a-day-in-the-life-of-america/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Jared Leto]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|01|11}}
 |ShortSummary= Shot over the course of 2017 [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], the film depicts glimpses into the diversity and division of the United States.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2207
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=9to5: The Story of a Movement
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=9to5: The Story of a Movement|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Julia Reichert]] and Steven Bognar
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|02|01}}
 |ShortSummary= Captures the real-life fight that inspired a hit and changed the American workplace.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2208
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Women in Blue
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Women in Blue|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/women-in-blue/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Deirdre Fishel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|02|08}}
 |ShortSummary= Female officers in the [[Minneapolis]] Police Department fight for gender equity and police reform from the inside.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2209
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Mr. SOUL!
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr. SOUL!|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/mr-soul/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Melissa Haizlip
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|02|22}}
 |ShortSummary= Explores the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, [[Ellis Haizlip]]'s [[SOUL!]]
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2210
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Coded Bias
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/coded-bias/ |title=Coded Bias |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Shalini Kantayya]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|3|22}}
 |ShortSummary=Exposes prejudices and threats to civil liberty in facial recognition algorithms and [[artificial intelligence]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2211
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=Down a Dark Stairwell 
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/down-a-dark-stairwell/ |title=Down a Dark Stairwell |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Ursula Liang]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|4|12}}
 |ShortSummary=A Chinese American cop's (Peter Liang) [[killing of Akai Gurley]], an innocent Black man, sets two marginalized communities to seek racial justice.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2212
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title= [[Philly D.A.]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-04-20/philly-da-larry-krasner-pbs-review |title="A new doc shows the vexing work of criminal justice reform" |date=20 April 2021 |publisher=[[L.A. Times]] |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ted Passon, Yoni Brook and Nicole Salazar
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|4|20}}
 |ShortSummary=Eight-part inside look at the tumultuous first term of Philadelphia's unapologetic progressive District Attorney, [[Larry Krasner]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2213
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=The Donut King
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Alice Gu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|5|21}}
 |ShortSummary=Meet the Donut King, [[Ted Ngoy]], the Cambodian refugee who built a multi-million-dollar empire baking America's favorite pastry.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2214
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=Two Gods 
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|6|21}}
 |ShortSummary=Portrait of community, faith, and healing through the eyes of a Muslim casket maker and his mentees.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2215
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=The People vs. Agent Orange
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|6|28}}
 |ShortSummary=Two women, one American and one Vietnamese, fight to hold the chemical industry accountable for a devastating legacy.
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===Season 23 (2021–22)===

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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2301
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Cured
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/cured/ |title= Cured {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|10|11}}
 |ShortSummary=When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured", LGBTQ+ activists fought back.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2302
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title= Ferguson Rises
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/ferguson-rises/|title=Ferguson Rises {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|11|08}}
 |ShortSummary=Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice after a white police officer kills his son in Ferguson.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2303
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=Storm Lake
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/storm-lake/ |title= Storm Lake {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jerry Risius and Beth Levison
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|11|15}}
 |ShortSummary=Inside the family-run newspaper keeping local journalism alive.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2304
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=Duty Free
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/duty-free/ |title= Duty Free {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Sian-Pierre Regis
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|11|22}}
 |ShortSummary= Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2305
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=Home from School: The Children of Carlisle
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Home from School: The Children of Carlisle|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/home-from-school-the-children-of-carlisle/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 11, 2021 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Geoffrey O'Gara
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2021|11|23}}
 |ShortSummary= 130 years after Native American boys died at an Indian boarding school, their tribe tries to bring them home.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2306
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=A Reckoning in Boston
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=A Reckoning in Boston|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/a-reckoning-in-boston/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 17, 2021 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=James Rutenbeck
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|01|17}}
 |ShortSummary= A white filmmaker collaborates with Clemente Course students of color to reckon with Boston's racial history.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2307
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=Missing in Brooks County
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Missing in Brooks County|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/missing-in-brooks-county/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|01|31}}
 |ShortSummary=The deadliest part of a migrant's journey is just beyond the border. For those missing, one man offers a last hope.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2308
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Owned: A Tale of Two Americas|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/owned-a-tale-of-two-americas/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Giorgio Angelini
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|02|07}}
 |ShortSummary= Exposé on how the American housing policy market has been manipulated for years in discriminatory ways.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2309
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Bulletproof
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Bulletproof|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/bulletproof/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Todd Chandler
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|02|14}}
 |ShortSummary= In an era of mass shootings, take a provocative look at what Americans will do to feel safe in schools.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2310
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Apart
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/apart/ |title=Apart |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jennifer Redfearn
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|2|21}}
 |ShortSummary=In a country leading the world in incarcerating women, three mothers fight to rebuild their lives.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2311
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=[[Writing with Fire]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/writing-with-fire/ |title=Writing with Fire |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Rintu Thomas]] and [[Sushmit Ghosh]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|3|28}}
 |ShortSummary=Meet the fearless women journalists of India's only all-female newspaper. It was the first Indian film nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2312
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title= AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/aware-glimpses-of-consciousness/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Frauke Sandig and Eric Black
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|4|25}}
 |ShortSummary=Brilliant researchers go on a journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2313
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=[[Try Harder!]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Try Harder!|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/try-harder/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Debbie Lum]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|5|02}}
 |ShortSummary=At San Francisco's academic pressure cooker Lowell High School, stressed-out seniors chase college dreams.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2314
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=[[When Claude Got Shot]]
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Brad Lichtenstein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|5|09}}
 |ShortSummary=After being shot in the face by a teenager, can law student Claude find it in himself to forgive his attacker?
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2315
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=Scenes from the Glittering World
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Jared Jakins
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|5|16}}
 |ShortSummary=On the [[Navajo Nation]] reservation, Indigenous teens at one of the most remote schools in America plan their futures.
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===Season 24 (2022–23)===

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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2401
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Hazing
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/116373-interview-byron-hurt-hazing/ |title= "'My Social Location as a Member of a Fraternity Makes My Voice a Credible One": Byron Hurt on His PBS Independent Lens Doc Hazing'" |publisher=Filmmaker Magazine |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Byron Hurt]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|9|12}}
 |ShortSummary=Explores how abusive rituals reflect our desire to belong—even if taken to sometimes deadly lengths.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2402
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title= TikTok, Boom.
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/tiktok-boom/|title=TikTok, Boom. {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Shalini Kantayya]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|10|24}}
 |ShortSummary=Explores the power and complexity of technology through the lens of [[TikTok]] and the Gen Z influencers who know it best.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2403
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=Move Me
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/move-me/ |title= Move Me {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Kelsey Peterson and Daniel Klein
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|11|07}}
 |ShortSummary=A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury tests the limits of her recovery while adapting to life with a disability.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2404
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=Children of Las Brisas
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/children-of-las-brisas/ |title= Children of Las Brisas {{pipe}} Independent Lens {{pipe}} PBS |publisher=PBS |access-date=2019-12-01 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Marianela Maldonado
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|02}}
 |ShortSummary= In [[Venezuela]], the power of music is put to the test for [[El Sistema]] youth orchestra.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2405
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=The Big Payback
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=The Big Payback|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-big-payback/|publisher=PBS |access-date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Erika Alexander]] and Whitney Dow
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|16}}
 |ShortSummary= The passage of the first-ever tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2406
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=No Straight Lines
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=No Straight Lines|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/no-straight-lines/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=January 23, 2023 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Vivian Kleiman]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|01|23}}
 |ShortSummary= Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to mainstream acceptance.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2407
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=The Picture Taker
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=The Picture Taker|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-picture-taker/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Phil Bertelsen
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|01|30}}
 |ShortSummary=The vibrant life of [[Ernest Withers]]—civil rights photographer, and FBI informant—was anything but black and white.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2408
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Outta the Muck
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Outta the Muck|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/outta-the-muck/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ira McKinley and Bhawin Suchak
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2022|02|07}}
 |ShortSummary= The people of [[Pahokee, Florida]] rise "outta the muck" to celebrate family history and big-time football.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2409
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=[[Love in the Time of Fentanyl]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Love in the Time of Fentanyl|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/love-in-the-time-of-fentanyl/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Colin Askey
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|02|13}}
 |ShortSummary= A supervised drug consumption site gives hope to a marginalized community ravaged by the overdose crisis.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2410
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Storming Caesars Palace
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/storming-caesars-palace/|title=Storming Caesars Palace|publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Hazel Gurland-Pooler
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|3|20}}
 |ShortSummary=How Vegas activist [[Ruby Duncan]]'s grassroots movement of moms fought for basic income guarantee.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2411
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=[[Hidden Letters]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/hidden-letters/ |title=Hidden Letters |publisher=PBS |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|3|27}}
 |ShortSummary=Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of [[Nüshu]], a secret written language.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2412
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title= Free Chol Soo Lee
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Free Chol Soo Lee|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/free-chol-soo-lee/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Julie Ha and Eugene Yi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|4|24}}
 |ShortSummary=The rollercoaster life story of [[Chol Soo Lee]], a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2413
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=Matter of Mind: My ALS
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Matter of Mind: My ALS|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/matter-of-mind-my-als/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|5|01}}
 |ShortSummary=Three people with [[ALS]] confront complex choices in this intimate exploration.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2414
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=Sam Now
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Now|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/sam-now/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Reed Harkness
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|5|08}}
 |ShortSummary=Coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma follows Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his middle-class Seattle family is heartbroken and unsure of what to do after his mother suddenly leaves them.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2415
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=Silent Beauty
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Silent Beauty|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/silent-beauty/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jasmín Mara López
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|5|15}}
 |ShortSummary=One woman's journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse evolves into a family bonding over generational trauma.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2416
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=Mama Bears
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Mama Bears|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/mama-bears/|publisher=PBS |access-date=July 17, 2022 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Daresha Kyi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|6|20}}
 |ShortSummary=Conservative, Christian beliefs have defined their lives. Now they're championing their LGBTQ+ children.
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===Season 25 (2023–24)===

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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2501
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=Sansón and Me
 |RTitle=<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/pbs-documentary-series-independent-lens-fall-films-1235713562/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films'" |date= 5 September 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-09-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Rodrigo Reyes
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|9|19}}
 |ShortSummary=The life story of an incarcerated young man, told through dramatic reenactments.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2502
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=El Equipo
 |RTitle=<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/pbs-documentary-series-independent-lens-fall-films-1235713562/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films'" |date= 5 September 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-09-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Bernardo Ruiz]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|10|09}}
 |ShortSummary=An unlikely collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2503
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |Title=Three Chaplains
 |RTitle=<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/pbs-documentary-series-independent-lens-fall-films-1235713562/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films'" |date= 5 September 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-09-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=David Washburn
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|11|07}}
 |ShortSummary=Muslim chaplains work for change inside the U.S. military, fighting for equality and religious freedom.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2504
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |Title=A Town Called Victoria
 |RTitle=<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/pbs-documentary-series-independent-lens-fall-films-1235713562/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films'" |date= 5 September 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-09-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Li Lu
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|1|02}}
 |ShortSummary=When arson strikes the local mosque, [[Victoria, Texas]] must reckon with its troubled past. Three-part series.
 |LineColor=475A27
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2505
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |Title=[[Beyond Utopia]]
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Madeleine Gavin
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|1|09}}
 |ShortSummary=The story of families who risk everything escaping [[North Korea]].
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2506
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |Title=Racist Trees
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Sara Newens and Mina T. Son
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|01|22}}
 |ShortSummary= In [[Palm Springs]], a historically Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2507
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |Title=Razing Liberty Square
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Katja Esson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|01|29}}
 |ShortSummary=The [[Liberty Square (Miami)|Liberty Square]] public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for [[climate gentrification]].
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2508
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Parthiv Parekh
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|02|05}}
 |ShortSummary=A wisecracking nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn't have to be the end.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2509
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Breaking the News
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston, and Chelsea Hernandez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|02|19}}
 |ShortSummary=Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup [[The 19th*]] to buck a broken news media system.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2510
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=Greener Pastures
 |RTitle=<ref name="variety.com">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beyond-utopia-oscar-hopeful-independent-lens-pbs-doc-series-1235815506/ |title= "'Oscar Hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' Kicks Off Winter Slate for PBS Doc Series ''Independent Lens''" |date= 5 December 2023 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-12-05 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|3|25}}
 |ShortSummary=Four Midwestern farm families persevere through climate change, industrialization, and mental health crises.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2511
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/if-dreams-were-lightning-rural-healthcare-crisis/ |title=If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis |publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Ramin Bahrani]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|3|25}}
 |ShortSummary=With rural hospitals closing at alarming rates, a look at some of the people trying to get help in healthcare deserts.
 |LineColor=475A27
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2512
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title=A Thousand Pines
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/a-thousand-pines/ |title=A Thousand Pines |publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Sebastián Díaz Aguirre and Noam Osband
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|4|01}}
 |ShortSummary=Over the course of a season, Oaxacan guest workers plant trees across America's forests.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2513
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title= Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/matter-of-mind-my-parkinsons/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|4|08}}
 |ShortSummary=Three individuals navigate their lives with determination in the face of [[Parkinson's disease]].
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2514
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=One With the Whale
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=One With the Whale|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/one-with-the-whale/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Jim Wickens, Peter Chelkowski, and Yaari Walker
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|5|01}}
 |ShortSummary=An [[Alaska Native]] family maintains a subsistence life on a tiny [[Bering Sea]] island where, if you don't hunt, you die.
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2515
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=Space: The Longest Goodbye
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=Space: The Longest Goodbye|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-longest-goodbye/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy= Ido Mizrahy
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|5|08}}
 |ShortSummary=[[NASA]] psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a three-year-long mission to [[Mars]].
 |LineColor=475A27
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2516
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=The Tuba Thieves
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tuba Thieves|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-tuba-thieves/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Alison O'Daniel
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|5|20}}
 |ShortSummary=The central mystery of this unconventional documentary isn't about theft; it's about the nature of sound itself.
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===Season 26 (2024–25)===

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ |title=Our Films &#124; Independent Lens |publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-09-12 }}</ref>

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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2600
 |EpisodeNumber2=Short
 |Title=Wild Hogs and Saffron 
 |RTitle=<ref name="'PBS Documentary Series 'Independe">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/pbs-independent-lens-reveals-fall-slate-1236113884/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films (EXCLUSIVE)'" |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-08-24 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Andy Sarjahani
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|9|16}}
 |ShortSummary=Short. A wild hog hunt in the [[Ozarks]] leads to a vulnerable dialogue between an Iranian American man and a childhood friend.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2601
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |Title=One Person, One Vote?
 |RTitle=<ref name="'PBS Documentary Series 'Independe">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/pbs-independent-lens-reveals-fall-slate-1236113884/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films (EXCLUSIVE)'" |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-08-24 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Maximina Juson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|9|30}}
 |ShortSummary=A look at the [[Electoral College]] through the eyes of four presidential electors during the [[2020 United States presidential election]].
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=N/A
 |EpisodeNumber2=Short
 |Title=History of White People in America
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-history-of-white-people-in-america/ |title= "History of White People in America"|publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-10-07}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Ed Bell, Pierce Freelon, Jonathan Halperin, Aaron Keane, and Drew Takahashi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|10|07}}
 |ShortSummary=Musical animated series of shorts dedicated to telling diverse stories that chronicle the shaping of race relations in America.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=N/A
 |EpisodeNumber2=Short
 |Title=United States of Comedy
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/united-states-of-comedy/ |title= "United States of Comedy"|publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-10-07}}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Habib Yazdi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|11|12}}
 |ShortSummary=Series of shorts about emerging voices in stand-up comedy from across America, each trying to make it big.
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2602
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |Title=Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen
 |RTitle=<ref name="'PBS Documentary Series 'Independe">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/pbs-independent-lens-reveals-fall-slate-1236113884/ |title= "'PBS Documentary Series 'Independent Lens' Reveals Fall Slate of Films (EXCLUSIVE)'" |publisher=Variety |access-date=2023-08-24 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Manny Marquez
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2024|11|24}}
 |ShortSummary=A Marine Corps veteran makes it his mission to help Gold Star families of the fallen, and find healing himself.
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 |EpisodeNumber2=3-7
 |Title=Dallas, 2019
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 |DirectedBy=[[Darius Clark Monroe]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|01|03}}
 |ShortSummary=Five-part series showing a cross section of life in [[Dallas]] the year before the pandemic hit.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2608
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |Title=Minted
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/minted/ |title= "Minted"|publisher=PBS |access-date=2024-09-11 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Nicholas Bruckman]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|01|06}}
 |ShortSummary=The rise and fall of the NFT ([[Non-fungible token]])  phenomenon that transformed the art world.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2609
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |Title=Without Arrows
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Jonathan Olshefski and Elizabeth Day
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|01|13}}
 |ShortSummary=A champion grass dancer returns home to [[South Dakota]] after 13 years to reconnect with his Indigenous culture.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2610
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |Title=The Strike
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=JoeBill Muñoz and Lucas Guilkey
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|02|03}}
 |ShortSummary=a small movement against solitary confinement turned into a massive [[2013 California prisoner hunger strike]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2611
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |Title=The In Between
 |RTitle=
 |DirectedBy=Robie Flores
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|02|10}}
 |ShortSummary=A filmmaker returns to her hometown on the [[Mexico-United States border]] to reflect on growing up fronterizo.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2612
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |Title=Skin of Glass
 |RTitle= 
 |DirectedBy=Denise Zmekhol
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|02|17}}
 |ShortSummary=How the turbulent history of a filmmaker's architect father's iconic building in [[São Paulo]] reflects Brazil's own struggles.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2613
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |Title=Bike Vessel
 |RTitle= 
 |DirectedBy=Eric D. Seals
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|02|24}}
 |ShortSummary=A father and son take a 350-mile bike ride in a quest for health and bonding.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2614
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |Title=Home Court
 |RTitle= 
 |DirectedBy=Erica Tanamachi
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|03|24}}
 |ShortSummary=The coming-of-age story and rise of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2615
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |Title=We Want the Funk!
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/independent-lens-spring-2025-lineup-1236289019/ |title= ‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring |publisher=Deadline |access-date=2025-02-14 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Stanley Nelson Jr.|Stanley Nelson]] and Nicole London
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|04|08}}
 |ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2616
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |Title=Free for All: The Public Library
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/independent-lens-spring-2025-lineup-1236289019/ |title= ‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring |publisher=Deadline |access-date=2025-02-14 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Dawn Logsdon]] and Lucie Faulknor
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|04|29}}
 |ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2617
 |EpisodeNumber2=17
 |Title=Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/independent-lens-spring-2025-lineup-1236289019/ |title= ‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring |publisher=Deadline |access-date=2025-02-14 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|05|05}}
 |ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2618
 |EpisodeNumber2=18
 |Title=[[And So It Begins (film)|And So It Begins]]
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/independent-lens-spring-2025-lineup-1236289019/ |title= ‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring |publisher=Deadline |access-date=2025-02-14 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=[[Ramona Diaz]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|05|12}}
 |ShortSummary=During the historic [[2022_Philippine_general_election|2022 presidential race]]  in the Philippines, a grassroots movement emerges to protect truth from growing threats to democracy and journalism. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2619
 |EpisodeNumber2=19
 |Title=Who is Michael Jang?
 |RTitle=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/independent-lens-spring-2025-lineup-1236289019/ |title= ‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring |publisher=Deadline |access-date=2025-02-14 }}</ref>
 |DirectedBy=Michael Jacobs
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2025|05|19}}
 |ShortSummary=Elusive photographer [[Michael Jang]] shares his wondrous work with the world. 
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://itvs.org/films?series=1 Independent Television Service: Film Catalog] (Major producer of ''Independent Lens'' films; alphabetical list)
*[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/coming-soon/ Independent Lens Broadcast Schedule]
*[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ Independent Lens Film Guide] (Searchable by topic or title, for all episodes beginning with season 4)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011174905/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/getinvolved/ Independent Lens Community Cinema] (Provides public screenings nationwide of select films from current season)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011203308/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/classroom/ Independent Lens Community Classroom] (Educator resources and video modules related to select films)
*[http://pressroom.pbs.org/ PBS Pressroom]
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