One With the Whale
Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village, his family is blindsided by thousands of keyboard activists brutally attacking him online—without full perspective on the importance of the hunt to his community's well-being.
Extras + Features
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Teaser | Philly D.A.
S22 E13 - 30s
Go inside the tumultuous first term of Philadelphia’s unapologetic District Attorney Larry Krasner and his team of outsiders as they attempt to change the criminal justice system from the inside.
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Coded Bias | Trailer
S22 E10 - 32s
Coded Bias follows M.I.T. Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, along with data scientists, mathematicians, and watchdog groups from all over the world, as they fight to expose the discrimination within facial recognition algorithms now prevalent across all spheres of daily life.
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Trailer | Mr. SOUL!
S22 E9 - 32s
Premiering in 1968, SOUL! was the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, merging artists from the margins with post-Civil Rights Black radical thought. Mr. SOUL! delves into this critical moment in television history, as well as the man who guided it, highlighting a turning point in representation whose impact continues to resonate to this day.
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Trailer | Women in Blue
S22 E8 - 32s
With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women in Blue shines a spotlight on women within the Minneapolis Police Department to reform it from the inside by fighting for gender equity. Filmed from 2017 to 2020, Women in Blue focuses on MPD’s first female police chief and three women in her department as they each try to redefine what it means to protect and serve.
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Trailer | 9to5: The Story of a Movement
S22 E7 - 32s
When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in the early 1970s. Their goals were simple—better pay, more advancement opportunities and an end to sexual harassment—but as seen in 9to5: The Story of a Movement, their fight that inspired a hit would change the American workplace forever.
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Trailer | A Day in the Life of America
S22 E6 - 30s
Director Jared Leto crafts a sweeping yet intimate cross-section of America shot on a single July 4th in 2017 with 92 film crews fanning out across each of the United States and Puerto Rico to capture A Day in the Life of America. A gargantuan production shot over a single 24-hour period across the country, the film weaves a wide range of beliefs and backgrounds into a rich tapestry of life.
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Trailer | A Woman's Work
S22 E5 - 30s
A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem sheds light on the continued fight to end the gender pay gap prevalent throughout the National Football League, chronicling the journeys of cheerleaders from the Raiders and the Bills, each of whom put their careers on the line to take legal action and fight for fair pay.
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Trailer | Belly of the Beast
S22 E4 - 30s
An unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, shielded by prison officials and doctors, and wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Belly of the Beast exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons, through intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people.
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Trailer | Jonathan Scott's Power Trip
S22 E3 - 30s
In Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, the HGTV home makeover guru shines a light on the obstacles and opportunities for America’s solar industry, following fossil fuel monopolies that halt the growth of renewable energy while visiting with politicians, coal miners, solar panel installers, the Navajo Nation building its own solar plant, and others at the forefront of the battle for energy freedom.
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Independent Lens 2020 - 2021 Season Promo
S22 E26 - 1m
"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.
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Trailer | Represent
S22 E2 - 30s
Represent follows three women running for office in the heart of the Midwest leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, as they take on entrenched local political networks and fight to reshape politics on their own terms.
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Trailer | Feels Good Man
S22 E1 - 30s
Feels Good Man is the story of how artist Matt Furie, creator of a once-benign comic character named Pepe the Frog, fought an uphill battle to reclaim his iconic creation from those who turned it into a symbol of hate. Feels Good Man is a thought-provoking, wild ride through an Internet that transformed an unlucky cartoon frog, and then the rest of the world.
Schedule
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Independent Lens
One With the Whale
Saturday
Apr 27
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An Alaska native family is blindsided when their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village, is targeted by animal activists. -
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Independent Lens
One With the Whale
Saturday
Apr 27
1 Hour 30 Minutes
An Alaska native family is blindsided when their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village, is targeted by animal activists. -
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Independent Lens
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Sunday
Apr 28
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Events, passions and experiences that impacted the life and music of jazz artist John Coltrane. -
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Independent Lens
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Tuesday
Apr 30
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Events, passions and experiences that impacted the life and music of jazz artist John Coltrane. -
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Independent Lens
Try Harder!
Thursday
May 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
At San Francisco's Lowell High School, stressed out seniors chase college dreams. -
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Independent Lens
Soul Food Junkies
Sunday
May 5
1 Hour
Soul food's relevance to black cultural identity. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Monday
May 6
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Tuesday
May 7
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Wednesday
May 8
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Thursday
May 9
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Thursday
May 9
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Friday
May 10
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
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Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
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Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
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Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
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Independent Lens
Hidden Letters
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Modern women in China are drawn together by the once-secret written language of Nushu, the only script designed and used exclusively by women. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness
Saturday
May 11
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Researchers approach consciousness from different perspectives, investigating the mysteries of consciousness and connecting the dots between spirit and body. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Sunday
May 12
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission. -
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Independent Lens
Space: The Longest Goodbye
Sunday
May 12
1 Hour 30 Minutes
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission.
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