In 2014, Claude Motley and his family were visiting their former hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when 15-year-old Nathan King attempted to carjack his rented Dodge Charger. In the process, Nathan shot Claude in the face. When Claude Got Shot chronicles five years in Claude’s physical and mental recovery journey.

Try Harder! takes an in-depth look at San Francisco's Lowell High, a prestigious public high school with a majority Asian American student body. The film follows high school seniors as the pressure intensifies to impress admissions officers at elite universities and asks, "How do these kids define their identities beyond acceptance letters?"

Join us for an Advanced Virtual Screening of INDEPENDENT LENS: TRY HARDER! on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 2:00pm.

Six brilliant researchers from around the world—a brain scientist, a plant behaviorist, a healer, a philosophy professor, a psychedelics scientist, and a Buddhist monk—take you on a mind-blowing quest to investigate this seemingly unsolvable mystery.

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.

NFL cheerleaders revolve their lives around their sport, but most earn less than minimum wage. Three of them decide they deserve more. In high-stakes lawsuits, these courageous women take a stand against the massive, male-dominated sports league.

Since the beginning of the War on Drugs, the number of women in U.S. prisons has grown drastically. The majority are mothers. Three unforgettable formerly incarcerated mothers, jailed for drug-related charges, fight to overcome alienation—and a society that labels them “felons”—to readjust to life with their families.

In an era of mass shootings, lockdown drills and teacher firearms training are as much a part of life as homecoming dances and basketball practice. Take a provocative look at fear, violence, and what Americans will do to feel safe in schools.

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.

A gripping documentary, Missing in Brooks County follows the stories of two families who have come to Brooks County to look for their loved ones who went missing.