Independent Lens

Independent Lens 2020 - 2021 Season Promo

"It is shown that history repeats itself if we don't learn from it." This season, from fall to spring, Independent Lens presents a new group of impressive films that delve deep into the most pressing issues facing our nation, through the eyes of some of the most talented and incisive documentary filmmakers working today.

Independent Lens 2020 - 2021 Season Promo

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  • Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

    S25 E14 - 54m 41s

    In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

  • A Thousand Pines: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Thousand Pines

    S25 E13 - 55m 37s

    Over the course of a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees throughout the United States. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to the family back home.

  • Greener Pastures: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Greener Pastures

    S25 E12 - 1h 24m

    There is a mental health crisis happening for many American farmers. A combination of climate change and the pandemic have contributed to increasing economic uncertainty and isolation. Following four family farms in the Midwest over several years, the documentary Greener Pastures is a story of perseverance and survival within the farming industry in the heartland.

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