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The Supreme Court of the United States, including the late Antonin Scalia (there are currently 8 justices until a 9th is confirmed).
Beyond the Films
June, 9, 2016

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: What the Supreme Court Is Deciding in the Most Important Abortion Ruling in Decades (Updated 2022)

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films

[caption id="attachment_13448" align="alignnone" width="1920"] The Supreme Court of the United States, including the late Antonin Scalia (there are currently eight justices until a ninth is confirmed).[/caption] By Marcia Coyle @MarciaCoyle Guest Contributor, National Law Journal By the end of this month,…
Armed in America: Faith & Guns title card
Beyond the Films
May, 9, 2016

Armed in America: Faith & Guns

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyEk0YiiRwQ Join PBS for a town hall conversation about gun violence and the moral obligation to prevent it. Armed in America: Faith & Guns, a one-hour special event moderated by award-winning journalist Michel Martin, weekend host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” explores the relationship…
Armed in America: Police & Guns title card
May, 9, 2016

Armed in America: Police & Guns

Independent Lens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTgZbHEh4oI Join PBS for a town hall conversation examining the militarization of police and the nation's gun violence epidemic. Armed in America: Police & Guns, a one-hour special event moderated by award-winning journalist Michel Martin, weekend host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,”…
A nurse wearing latex gloves clasps the hands of a woman receiving an abortion (includes IL Audience Award graphic)
March, 4, 2016

TRAPPED

Independent Lens

TRAPPED goes to the front lines of the controversial battle currently being waged over so-called TRAP laws — Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers — which reproductive rights advocates believe are designed to restrict access to abortion. Told through the eyes…
Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez arrested during immigration reform protest.
Announcements
October, 19, 2015

Immigration Battle: The High-Stakes World of Immigration Reform

Independent Lens in Announcements

Premiering on PBS Tuesday October 20 at 10pm [please check local listings] as a co-presentation of Independent Lens and FRONTLINE, the new documentary Immigration Battle plunges straight into the heart of one of the most divisive issues in America. Filmmakers Michael Camerini…
Reverend Rob Schenck prays.
October, 13, 2015

The Armor of Light

Independent Lens

The Armor of Light follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, who is trying to find the courage to preach about the growing toll of gun violence in America, and Lucy McBath, the mother of an unarmed teenager who…
Richard Adams and Tony Sullivan at the Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation in Paris during their European exile.
June, 15, 2015

Limited Partnership

Independent Lens

Limited Partnership chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In 1975, thanks to a courageous county clerk in Boulder, Colorado, Richard and Tony were one of the first same sex couples…
May, 18, 2015

Johanna Hamilton Goes Back to 1971 to Find Burglars Who Revealed Illegal FBI Spying

Craig Phillips

1971: A year before the Watergate scandal sent shockwaves through the United States, with no end in sight to the Vietnam War, and anti-war protests intensifying. In that same year a group of ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania. What…
May, 18, 2015

1971

Independent Lens

In the past several decades, whistleblowers have helped shape the nation’s history, from Deep Throat exposing President Nixon’s Watergate scandal to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA’s surveillance. But long before the dawning of the digital age, one group of…
Re-enactment screenshot of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI planning their Media, PA burglary.
Lists
May, 14, 2015

Nine Movies about American Radicals

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By Noel Murray There’s something deeply and inherently provocative in movies that tell stories about open rebellion against the United States government, because they force us to think harder about what it really means to be a good citizen. Are…
Test Your Knowledge
January, 9, 2015

Evolution of a Criminal: Juvenile Justice Quiz

Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge

  Alongside the PBS documentary Evolution of a Criminal, we thought it'd be interesting to dig a little deeper into the topic of juvenile criminality in America. To step back for a moment, the Indie Spirit Award-nominated film itself is by…
Leveled Philadelphia row houses after the MOVE bombings
July, 11, 2014

From RealScreen: Archive Masterclass on the Making of the Film

Craig Phillips

Super piece by Adam Benzine on Let the Fire Burn's extensive, exhaustive archival process, with insight from filmmaker Jason Osder: "Archive masterclass: Making Let the Fire Burn'."  The film had its television premiere on Independent Lens in May. (more…)