Air Date: Mon, Oct 11, 2021 10:00 PM
When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be “cured," LGBTQ+ activists fought back.
Air Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2021 9:00 PM
More than 20 million gallons of toxic herbicides were used in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971, resulting in deformity and disability. INDEPENDENT LENS' The People vs. Agent Orange follows Vietnamese activist Tran To Nga, who is suing the American chemical industry for poisoning her and her family in Vietnam.
Air Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2021 9:00 PM
Two Gods follow the story of a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives.
Air Date: Mon, May 24, 2021 9:00 PM
The rags-to-riches journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy who built a multi-million dollar donut empire up and down the West Coast.
Air Date: Tue, Apr 20, 2021 9:00 PM
PHILLY D.A. is a docuseries which goes inside the emotional, high stakes work of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and his team. These idealistic outsiders from different walks of life take on reforms such as prosecuting police misconduct and brutality, sentencing, and probation and parole reform.
Air Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2021 9:00 PM
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.
Air Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2021 9:00 PM
In an increasingly data-driven, automated world, how do we protect individuals’ civil liberties in the face of artificial intelligence that looms larger by the day? When an MIT researcher discovers that the majority of facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces, she joins others from different parts of the world to expose the discrimination within the prevalent facial recognition algorithms.
Air Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2021 10:00 PM
Watch how more than 90 film crews across the country document a single day – July 4, 2017 – and capture Americans in the midst of life, liberty and their particular pursuit of happiness. The film creates an unflinching snapshot of the depth and breadth of the American experience.
Air Date: Mon, Nov 23, 2020 9:00 PM
Hear the horrifying truth about modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons through intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people filmed over the course of seven years.
Air Date: Mon, Nov 16, 2020 9:00 PM
Follow home renovation expert Jonathan Scott on his mission to flip the switch on how Americans access power. On the surface, solar energy seems like a resource that is widely available, but as he travels the country and interviews a host of experts, he quickly learns how little choice the public has in how they source energy.
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