Video: Independent Lens
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns. Actor Stanley Tucci hosts.
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Video Extra 3 | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org United States Congressman Raul Grijalva, Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia, and others describe how the struggle for Chicano... 08:09
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Video Extra 1 | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Tucson ethnic studies student, Mariah Harvey, describes how Mexican American Studies classes at Tucson High School enriched both her... 05:03
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Clip 3 | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Precious Knowledge, Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne,... 02:59
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Clip 2 | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org As teachers in Tucson's Mexican American Studies Program, teachers Curtis Acosta and Jose Gonzalez successfully engaged students in the... 04:49
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Clip 1 | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In 1997, community activism led the Tucson city council to set up a study committee to look at ways of boosting Latino student... 04:18
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Independent Lens | Precious Knowledge | Trailer | PBS (#1323)
Premiering May 17, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism,... 02:01
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Independent Lens | Diane Lane on Somaliland's Edna Adnan Maternity Hospital | PBS (#1400)
Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012 02:55
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Update | How Has Life Changed For Nomad Family | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In this update with the subjects of the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, we catch up with Locho and Yama and their two... 09:12
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Update | Education a Priority for Nomad Family | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In this update with the subjects of the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, we see Locho and Yama's daughter Tsering Tsomo --... 06:27
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Clip 3 | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Tibetan nomad Locho explains that, while summer is welcome as a much-needed reprieve for herders, all seasons -- even the hard ones --... 02:33
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Clip 2 | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Despite a philandering husband, costly medical problems, and the loss of a child, nomadic herder Yama remains stoic when she describes... 05:25
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Clip 1 | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Summer Pasture, Tibetan herder, Locho, describes how he met his wife, Yama. While... 02:50
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Independent Lens | Summer Pasture | Trailer | PBS (#1322)
Premiering May 10, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org Summer Pasture is the story of a young nomadic couple living with their infant daughter in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet. The film... 01:55
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Independent Lens | Catching Up With the Summer Pasture Family | PBS (#1322)
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings) 09:12
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Independent Lens | Education is a Priority for Summer Pasture Family | PBS (#1322)
Watch Summer Pasture - premiering May 10, 2012 (check local listings) 06:26
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Independent Lens | Helping Girls to Stay in School in Vietnam | PBS (#1500)
Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012 04:18
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Independent Lens | Somaly Mam Rescues Girls From Brothels | PBS (#1500)
Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012 06:25
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Independent Lens | Women Are Not the Problem, They Are the Solution | PBS (#1400)
Half the Sky - coming to PBS October 1 & 2, 2012 05:53
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Independent Lens | Circo | Clip 3 | PBS (#1321)
Premiering May 3, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org For the Ponces, circuses literally run in the family from generation to generation. In this scene from the Independent Lens documentary,... 05:08
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Independent Lens | Circo | Clip 2 | PBS (#1321)
Premiering May 3, 2012. Check local listings: www.pbs.org In this scene from the Independent Lens documentary, CIrco, Tino and Ivonne Ponce struggle with the challenges of raising a family of... 02:15
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