Independent Lens - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 9, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 16, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 23, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Aug 30, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 6, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1999 (60 min)

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2000 (60 min)

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2001 (60 min)

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: May 6, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: May 13, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: May 20, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: May 27, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2003 (60 min)

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: May 4, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: May 11, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: May 27, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x26 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x27 | Airdate: Jun 8, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 5x28 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2004 (60 min)

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x20 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x21 | Airdate: May 3, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x22 | Airdate: May 10, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x23 | Airdate: May 17, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x24 | Airdate: May 24, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x25 | Airdate: May 31, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x26 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 6x27 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2005 (60 min)

Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x15 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x16 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x19 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x20 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x21 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x22 | Airdate: May 2, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x23 | Airdate: May 9, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x24 | Airdate: May 16, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x25 | Airdate: May 23, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x26 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x27 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x28 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 7x29 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x09 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2006 (60 min)

Episode: 8x10 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x11 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x12 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x13 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x14 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x17 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x18 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x19 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x20 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x21 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x22 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x23 | Airdate: May 8, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x24 | Airdate: May 15, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x25 | Airdate: May 22, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x26 | Airdate: May 29, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 8x27 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2007 (60 min)

Episode: 9x10 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x11 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x12 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x13 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x15 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x16 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x17 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x18 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x19 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x20 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x21 | Airdate: May 6, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x22 | Airdate: May 20, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x23 | Airdate: May 27, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x24 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x25 | Airdate: Jun 10, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x26 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 9x27 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x09 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x10 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2008 (60 min)

Episode: 10x11 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x12 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x13 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x14 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x15 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x16 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x17 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x18 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x19 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x20 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x21 | Airdate: May 5, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x22 | Airdate: May 12, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x23 | Airdate: May 19, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x24 | Airdate: May 26, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 10x25 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x10 | Airdate: Dec 29, 2009 (60 min)

Episode: 11x11 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x13 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x14 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x15 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x16 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x17 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x18 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x19 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x20 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x21 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2010

A profile of Hannah Senesh (1921-44), a heroic Jewish woman from Budapest who, although safe in British-controlled Palestine, joined a 1944 mission to rescue fellow Jews---including her mother---from the Nazis. She was captured, tortured and executed by the Gestapo, a fate witnessed by her mother. The documentary features remarks from classmates, fellow kibbutz members, fellow prisoners and her nephews, and also includes photos and excerpts from her letters.

Episode: 11x22 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x23 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x24 | Airdate: May 4, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x25 | Airdate: May 11, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x26 | Airdate: May 18, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x27 | Airdate: May 25, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 11x28 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x03 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x04 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x05 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x06 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x07 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x08 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x09 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2010 (60 min)

Episode: 12x10 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x11 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x12 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x13 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x14 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x15 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x16 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x17 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x18 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x20 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x21 | Airdate: May 3, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x22 | Airdate: May 10, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x23 | Airdate: May 17, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x24 | Airdate: May 24, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 12x25 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x01 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x06 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x07 | Airdate: Dec 29, 2011 (60 min)

Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2012 (60 min)

Episode: 13x09 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2012 (60 min)

After the murder of resistance leader Steven Biko, young people in the West join a movement to isolate South Africa.

Episode: 13x10 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2012 (60 min)

African Americans lead a grassroots movement to force the United States to reverse its policies toward South Africa.

Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2012 (60 min)

A grassroots boycott and divestment campaign targets Western corporations doing business with the South African regime.

Episode: 13x12 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2012 (60 min)

The apartheid regime in Pretoria crumbles under pressure, and the freed Nelson Mandela is elected president of a democratic South Africa.

Episode: 13x13 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2012 (60 min)

As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. Learn why this unconventional revolutionary paid dearly for her instant fame.

Episode: 13x14 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2012 (60 min)

Episode: 13x15 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2012 (60 min)

Find out why an African-American filmmaker wants to end Black History Month.

Episode: 13x16 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2012 (60 min)

Experience a total immersion into the fragmented day-to-day experience of a man with Alzheimer's.

Episode: 13x17 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2012 (60 min)

Every day, millions tune in to SESAME STREET to see one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters - a furry red monster named Elmo. Yet, with all of Elmo's fame, the man behind the icon is able to walk down the street without being recognized.

Episode: 13x18 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2012 (60 min)

Explore Haiti's complex past and present through the music of the country's oldest and best-known band.

Episode: 13x19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2012 (60 min)

Episode: 13x20 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2012 (60 min)

Review the rich history of human sustenance, exploitation, conservation and spiritual relations with the ultimate icon of wild America: bison.

Episode: 13x21 | Airdate: May 3, 2012 (60 min)

Accompany the Ponce family circus as it struggles to make a living in Mexico's collapsing rural economy.

Episode: 13x22 | Airdate: May 10, 2012 (60 min)

Get a rare view of an insular community seldom seen by outsiders: nomads living in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet.

Episode: 13x23 | Airdate: May 17, 2012 (60 min)

Watch as student leaders in Tucson High School's Mexican American Studies Program fight to save their classes.

Episode: 13x24 | Airdate: May 24, 2012 (60 min)

With four Amerasian children, delve into the consequences of the U.S. military presence in the Philippines.

Episode: 13x25 | Airdate: May 28, 2012 (60 min)

Witness the overlapping stories of a Marine at war and the same Marine in recovery at home.

Episode: 13x26 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2012 (60 min)

When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure.

Episode: 13x27 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2012 (60 min)

Follow a champion weightlifter who struggles to defend her status as her career inches towards its end.

Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2012 (60 min)

Spend time in Janesville, Wisconsin - the front lines of the debate over the future of the middle class.

Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2012 (60 min)

Experience the struggles and triumphs of Gene Robinson, the first openly gay elected bishop.

Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2012 (60 min)

Explore India's Barefoot College, which gives impoverished women skills to change their communities.

Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2012 (60 min)

Witness the economic disparities faced by New Yorkers only minutes from one another as the crow flies.

Episode: 14x05 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2013 (60 min)

Learn about soul food's relevance to black cultural identity.

Episode: 14x06 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2013 (60 min)

Enter the world of artist Wayne White, an iconic auteur of the weird, the silly and the joyfully absurd.

Episode: 14x07 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2013 (60 min)

Learn why the textbook tempest in Texas is jeopardizing the next generation's education.

Episode: 14x08 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2013 (60 min)

Follow Whitney Young's journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League.

Episode: 14x09 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2013 (60 min)

Learn about the life and work of celebrated Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei.

Episode: 14x10 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2013

Episode: 14x11 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2013 (60 min)

Explore the human-rights implications of the nation's least winnable war-the war on drugs.

Episode: 14x12 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 14x13 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2013 (60 min)

See how President Mohamed Nasheed is trying to prevent the drowning of 385,000 Maldivians.

Episode: 14x14 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2013 (60 min)

Meet the Arizonans who try to identify the bodies of illegal crossers lost in the desert.

Episode: 14x15 | Airdate: May 6, 2013 (60 min)

View the love story between an aging white man and the Chinese bride he finds online.

Episode: 14x16 | Airdate: May 13, 2013 (60 min)

Hear about the epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks of the U.S. military.

Episode: 14x17 | Airdate: May 27, 2013 (60 min)

Learn how Detroit residents are ready to create a radically new post-industrial city.

Episode: 14x18 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2013 (60 min)

Witness the transformation some of the poorest slums of Kolkata through the empowerment of children.

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2013 (60 min)

Follow the personal journey of Arnel Pineda, of the rock band Journey, on a whirlwind world tour.

Episode: 15x02 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2013 (60 min)

View the healthcare system through the eyes of those stuck in an ER waiting room in Oakland.

Episode: 15x03 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2013 (120 min)

Episode: 15x04 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 15x05 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 15x06 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2013 (60 min)

Watch two young playwrights, African- and Indian-American, create a new language for the stage.

Episode: 15x07 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 15x08 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2013 (60 min)

Episode: 15x09 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2014 (60 min)

Go back to school in Frederick Wiseman's intimate and sprawling documentary about UC Berkeley.

Episode: 15x10 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2014 (60 min)

Trace Rocky Braat's journey from America to India, where he devotes his life to HIV-infected orphans.

Episode: 15x11 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2014 (60 min)

Witness the tense emotions and complex realities behind Arizona's struggle with illegal immigration.

Episode: 15x12 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2014 (60 min)

Learn about a spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi in the 50s-60s to preserve segregation.

Episode: 15x13 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2014 (60 min)

Follow the Mexican-American girls who help preserve the Martha Washington debutante ball in Laredo.

Episode: 15x14 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 15x15 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 15x16 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 15x17 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 15x18 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2014 (60 min)

Follow a down-but-not-out basketball team whose struggles parallel its town's fight for survival.

Episode: 15x19 | Airdate: May 5, 2014 (60 min)

See how the eight band members test their father's ideals against their own brotherly vision.

Episode: 15x20 | Airdate: May 12, 2014 (60 min)

Track Ali's battle to overturn his five-year prison sentence for refusing U.S. military service.

Episode: 15x21 | Airdate: May 19, 2014 (60 min)

Episode: 15x22 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2014 (60 min)

See how the African-American community grapples with the divisive gay rights issue.

Episode: 16x01 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2014 (60 min)

Get an unflinching look at the effects of bullying on the lives of five kids and their families.

Episode: 16x02 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2014 (60 min)

Examine the inextricable bond between adopted twins reared apart.

Episode: 16x03 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2014 (60 min)

Examine the Japanese pursuit of efficiency, even at the expense of safety.

Episode: 16x04 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2014 (60 min)

See a man who provides illegal electrical services in India and the woman trying to dismantle them.

Episode: 16x05 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2014 (60 min)

See how television may affect a Bhutanese child isolated from commerce, materialism and celebrity.

Episode: 16x06 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2015 (60 min)

Witness the challenges, hopes and dreams of three boys in an economically depressed Missouri town.

Episode: 16x07 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 16x08 | Airdate: Jan 19, 2015 (60 min)

Learn about a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan who tried to alert military to war crimes committed by his platoon.

Episode: 16x09 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2015 (60 min)

Sequel to the series based on Half the Sky, as Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn track stories of women overcoming gender-based oppression, sexual violence and sex trafficking

Episode: 16x10 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 16x11 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2015 (60 min)

Explore the power of unconscious biases, using Myrdal's 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism.

Episode: 16x12 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2015 (60 min)

See what happens when a filmmaker unlocks a powerful family secret about her real father's identity.

Episode: 16x13 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2015 (60 min)

See how the burning of 10 churches ignited the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history.

Episode: 16x14 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2015 (60 min)

Follow three ambitious Chicago teens who fight to stay in school, graduate and build a future.

Episode: 16x15 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: 16x16 | Airdate: May 4, 2015 (60 min)

Watch a transgendered teacher inspire a young girl to claim leadership of an all-male hula troupe.

Episode: 16x17 | Airdate: May 11, 2015 (60 min)

Follow the evolution of daredevil choreographer Elizabeth Streb's movement philosophy.

Episode: 16x18 | Airdate: May 18, 2015 (60 min)

Hear from eight citizens who stole secret FBI files and shared them with the public and the press.

Episode: 16x19 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2015 (60 min)

Meet one of the first gay couples to marry, and learn about their 40-year fight for legal status.

Episode: 17x01 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2015

Cameras follow an unconventional veteran of the Vietnam War as he rides his motorcycle with fellow servicemen to the Vietnam Memorial and runs a business with his wife while contending with the conflict's legacy and reaching out to others.

Episode: 17x02 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2015

The rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi, India, sparks an international movement.

Episode: 17x03 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2015 (60 min)

A 92-year-old woman, still caring for her 64-year-old disabled daughter, realizes it is time to find her daughter a new home.

Episode: 17x04 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2015 (60 min)

Born in Mexico but living in Salinas, California, 3rd-grader Jose Ansaldo loves school. With little support at home, he turns to his teacher, Oscar Ramos, who like Jose was born the son of migrant farm workers, and who inspires him to imagine a life beyond the fields. Jose dutifully finishes his math homework before eating dinner or watching TV. He's anxious to get good grades so he can join the class field trip to the beach — a place he's never been despite living on the California coast. Follow Jose's quest for a better life away from the rough streets of LA.

Episode: 17x05 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2016 (60 min)

A black market VHS racketeer and a female translator bring the magic of film to Romanians during the 1980s.

Episode: 17x06 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2016

Four adults with varying degrees of autism navigate dating, romance and relationships.

Episode: 17x07 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2016

Polynesian-American high-school football players in Utah aim for careers in pro sports while dealing with day-to-day gang violence and poverty.

Episode: 17x08 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2016 (60 min)

The history of Mexican-American women who were sterilized against their will during the 1960s and '70s at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

Episode: 17x09 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2016 (60 min)

Few dancers reach the elite level of ballet; of that already small number only a fraction are black women. Misty Copeland shattered those barriers in 2015, making history as the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre (ABT).

A Ballerina's Tale intimately documents Copeland's historic rise while shining a light on the absence of women of color at major ballet companies. The film also explores how ballet's emphasis on waifish bodies impacts the health of ballerinas while sending a negative message to young fans.

Episode: 17x10 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x11 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x12 | Airdate: Feb 29, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x13 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x14 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x15 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2016

Episode: 17x16 | Airdate: May 2, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x17 | Airdate: May 9, 2016 (60 min)

Episode: 17x18 | Airdate: May 10, 2016

Episode: 17x19 | Airdate: May 16, 2016 (60 min)

Meet three street recyclers who fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Oakland, CA.

Episode: 17x20 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2016 (60 min)

Visit the front lines of the fight over controversial laws designed to restrict abortion access.

Episode: 17x21 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2016 (60 min)

T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold is the coming-of-age story of boxing phenom Claressa Shields, who was just 17 years old when she won the Olympic gold medal for women's boxing in 2012. Now with a record of 69-1, she is ranked number one in the world heading into her second Olympic competition, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games.

Episode: 18x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2016

The debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley during the 1968 political conventions.

Episode: 18x02 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2016

Explore the influence of culture and identity on an intense, personal, important part of life - love.

Episode: 18x03 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2017 (60 min)

Join a quirky young woman on a journey of self-discovery that celebrates outcasts everywhere.

Episode: 18x04 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2017

Governments around the world struggle to protect future generations from nuclear waste; excerpt from "Uranium Drive-In.''

Episode: 18x05 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2017

Join a group of Native Americans as they embark on a journey to reclaim lost tribal artifacts.

Episode: 18x06 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2017

Get a fresh look at the notorious 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, a crime that defined an era.

Episode: 18x07 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2017

Learn how Griffith's 1915 The Birth of a Nation sparked a dialogue on racism that continues today.

Episode: 18x08 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2017

Meet an African American musician out to challenge racism by befriending members of the KKK.

Episode: 18x09 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2017

Explore the deadly 1966 mass shooting at the University of Texas through interviews with survivors.

Episode: 18x10 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2017

Visit a remote Mojave Desert high school where educators help at-risk students build better futures.

Episode: 18x11 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2017

Join the East LA bike crew Ovarian Psycos and explore the impact of their unique brand of feminism.

Episode: 18x12 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2017

Explore the aftermath and resilience of a community devastated by the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook.

Episode: 18x13 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2017 (60 min)

Follow passionate seed keepers determined to protect humanity's 12,000-year-old food legacy.

Episode: 18x14 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2017

Hear Jewish comics discuss whether any topic - even the Holocaust - should be off-limits in comedy.

Episode: 18x15 | Airdate: May 1, 2017

Investigate the U.S. drone war with two women and a former NSA analyst who become whistleblowers.

Episode: 18x16 | Airdate: May 8, 2017 (60 min)

Explore how the tentacles of America's criminal justice system reach far beyond the prison walls.

Episode: 18x17 | Airdate: May 15, 2017

Two Muslim soccer players picked up by Israel's Beitar Jerusalem F.C. are subjected to racist attacks by their own fans.

Episode: 18x18 | Airdate: May 22, 2017

Step behind the walls of the facility where Los Angeles houses its most violent juvenile criminals.

Episode: 18x19 | Airdate: May 29, 2017 (60 min)

An Army combat veteran manages his PTSD and becomes a farmer in North Carolina following his deployments in Iraq.

Episode: 18x20 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2017

Meet Bennett, a transgender teen on a journey to find his voice as a musician, a son and a man.

Episode: 19x01 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2017

Explore the life of jazz great John Coltrane; Denzel Washington speaks the words of Coltrane.

Episode: 19x02 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2017

Explore the billion-dollar global arms trade through those who perpetrate and investigate it.

Episode: 19x03 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2017

Meet Naomi, an Orthodox Jewish girl with a surprising talent: breaking world powerlifting records.

Episode: 19x04 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2018

Episode: 19x05 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2018

Follow filmmaker Jennifer Brea's struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in this intimate film.

Episode: 19x06 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2018

Explore James Baldwin's unfinished book about race in America in this Oscar-nominated documentary.

Episode: 19x07 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2018

Go deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles with demands for reform.

Episode: 19x08 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2018

Join Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang and a charming young drifter as they explore freedom and America.

Episode: 19x09 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2018

Explore the life of Winnie Mandela and her struggle to bring down apartheid.

Episode: 19x10 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2018

The rich history of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began before the end of slavery, flourished in the 20th century, and profoundly influenced the course of the nation for over 150 years — yet remains largely unknown. With Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, the latest documentary from Stanley Nelson (Black Panthers, Freedom Riders) and Marco Williams, the powerful story of the rise, influence, and evolution of HBCUs comes to life.  

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries — and a path of promise toward the American dream — HBCUs have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field while remaining unapologetically Black for more than 150 years. These institutions have nurtured some of the most influential Americans of our time, from Booker T. Washington to Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois to Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison to Oprah Winfrey, Alice Walker to Spike Lee to Common. A key driver of Black social, political, and economic progress, HBCUs were also a place of unprecedented freedom for African American students and a refuge from the rampant racism raging outside the campus walls. Tell Them We Are Rising captures this important history to tell the dynamic story of Americans who refused to be denied a higher education and — in their resistance — created a set of institutions that would influence and shape the landscape of the country for centuries to come.

Episode: 19x11 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2018

Trace Baltimore's history through a film that uses rats to chronicle oppression in poor communities.

Episode: 19x12 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2018

Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.

Episode: 19x13 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2018

Explore the journey of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi after clerics issue a fatwa for his death.

Episode: 19x14 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2018

Meet the unforgettable people who are turning the job of shoe shiner into an art form.

Episode: 19x15 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2018

Travel to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill.

Episode: 19x16 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2018

Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentuckyis a portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America through the voice of writer, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry. Centered in his native Henry County, Kentucky,Look & Seeis an elegy to a lost way of life that was once the bedrock of America–the culture of agriculture.

Episode: 19x17 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2018

There's a new detective agency in Dallas, run by three exonerated men who all spent decades in prison. Their mission: to free other innocent people still behind bars.

After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans — Christopher Scott, Johnnie Lindsey and Steven Phillips — join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, on a mission to help wrongfully convicted prisoners obtain freedom like they did. Scott, a dad and grandfather, formed House of Renewed Hope to help fight for the gift of "a second chance at life." In True Conviction, brotherly bonds are formed out of shared hardships — lengthy prison sentences in a state that executes more inmates than any other.

Episode: 19x18 | Airdate: May 7, 2018

Go inside the 2016 standoff at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Episode: 19x19 | Airdate: May 14, 2018

Explore the charged battle to take down ACORN, a controversial national community-organizing group.

Episode: 19x20 | Airdate: May 28, 2018

Join five women rebuilding their lives with humor and heart in the Ms. Veteran America Competition.

Episode: 20x01 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2018

Meet a wildland firefighting crew whose members struggle with fear, loyalty, love and defeat.

Episode: 20x02 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2018

Reveals the untold story and devastating impacts of Indigenous child removal in the U.S.

Episode: 20x03 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2018

Explore the shadow industry of "content moderators" and learn who controls what we see online.

Episode: 20x04 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2018

Meet the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East's Shari'a courts.

Episode: 20x05 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2018

Meet the white preacher who set himself on fire to bring awareness to the racism in his Texas town.

Episode: 20x06 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2019

See North Dakota's oil boom through the lens of a family fighting to save their way of life.

Episode: 20x07 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2019

Go deep in the bayous where locals face invasive pests. Man vs. rodent: may the best mammal win.

Episode: 20x08 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2019

Take an electrifying look at the Native American influence in popular music, despite attempts to ban, censor and erase Indian culture.

Episode: 20x09 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2019

Climb into Elvis' 1963 Rolls-Royce for a musical road trip and meditation on modern America.

Episode: 20x10 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2019

Meet the people who reproduce, consume and seek to reclaim black memorabilia.

Episode: 20x11 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2019

Visit Hale County, Alabama for an intimate and eye-opening look at life in the South's Black Belt.

Episode: 20x12 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2019

For young Chinese raised on social media, virtual relationships are replacing real-life connections.

Episode: 20x13 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2019

Meet three of the estimated one in 14 American children growing up with a parent in prison.

Episode: 20x14 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2019

Meet the rural doctors trying to care for patients amidst a physician shortage and opioid epidemic.

Episode: 20x15 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2019

Get to know the people on the front lines of three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore.

Episode: 20x16 | Airdate: May 6, 2019

Hear the story of two Native Hawaiian prisoners sent 3,000 miles to a for-profit prison in Arizona.

Episode: 20x17 | Airdate: May 13, 2019

Meet the unsung people who play a critical role in making some of Napa Valley's greatest wines.

Episode: 20x18 | Airdate: May 20, 2019

Meet the statesman who served as cabinet secretary for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.

Episode: 21x01 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2019

Go inside the lives of four surrogates and the intended parents whose children they carry.

Episode: 21x02 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2019

Discover why the Bronx burned in the 1970s and meet those who chose to resist, remain and rebuild.

Episode: 21x03 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2019

The Interpreters is a poignant but tense portrayal of a very human and high-stakes side of war's aftermath. It's the story of how Afghan and Iraqi interpreters risked their lives aiding American troops--but then became the people we left behind and are now in danger themselves.

Episode: 21x04 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2019

Episode: 21x05 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2019

Episode: 21x06 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2020

Episode: 21x07 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2020

A Somalian father living in the U.S. strives to understand why his son would try to join ISIS.

Episode: 21x08 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2020

Notable community groups in 1960s Chicago bridge race and ethnicity to form a surprising alliance.

Episode: 21x09 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2020

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?

Episode: 21x10 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2020

Episode: 21x11 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2020

Episode: 21x12 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2020

Witness Creationism and science collide aboard an enormous Noah's Ark in rural Kentucky.

Episode: 21x13 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2020

Always in Season follows the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging from a swing set in North Carolina. His death was ruled a suicide, but Lennon's mother and family believe he was lynched. The film chronicles her quest to learn the truth and takes a closer look at the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans.

Episode: 21x14 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2020

Explore the untold history and rippling impact of China's former one-child policy.

Episode: 21x15 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2020

A psychiatrist visits ERs, jails and homeless camps to tell poignant stories behind mental illness.

Episode: 21x16 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2020

Brett Story's critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the specter of climate change without ever mentioning it, spotlighting ordinary New Yorkers as they share their anxieties about what the future holds while bracing for what could be one of the hottest months on record.

Episode: 21x17 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2020

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing scientist from a small town in Texas who triumphed over a doubtful medical establishment to save innumerable lives around the world and win the Nobel Prize.

Episode: 21x18 | Airdate: May 11, 2020

Episode: 21x19 | Airdate: May 25, 2020

See how Easter Island provides a climate change and globalization wake-up call for the world.

Episode: 21x20 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2020

Look inside the life of a radical activist who videotaped everything on television for 30 years.

Episode: 21x21 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2020

Follow four ultra-talented young people playing in the Canadian International Organ Competition.

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Mar 29, 2004 (136 min)

The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits--woven together in the seven-hour miniseries-- present a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a personal view of the new America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland's conflict.

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Mar 30, 2004 (136 min)

The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits--woven together in the seven-hour miniseries-- present a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a personal view of the new America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland's conflict.

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Mar 31, 2004 (136 min)

The New Americans follows four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. The detailed portraits--woven together in the seven-hour miniseries-- present a kaleidoscopic picture of immigrant life and a personal view of the new America. We follow an Indian couple to Silicon Valley through the dot-com boom and bust. A Mexican meatpacker struggles to reunite his family in rural Kansas. Two families of Nigerian refugees (including the sister of slain Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa) escape government persecution. Two Los Angeles Dodgers prospects follow their big dreams of escaping the barrios of the Dominican Republic. A Palestinian woman who marries into a new life in Chicago only to discover in the wake of September 11, she cannot leave behind the pain of her homeland's conflict.

Episode: S14 Special | Airdate: Oct 1, 2012 (224 min)

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change. All over the world women are seizing this opportunity.

Episode: S16 Special | Airdate: Apr 27, 2015 (60 min)

After the Storm, an immersive interactive documentary essay, tells the story of what happens after the storm passes, after the media leaves town, and after the adrenaline subsides. Written as a letter to future disaster survivors, the film is not so much about the how and why of the tornado but the question all of us face after living through something traumatic: how do we make sense of it all?

Episode: S16 Special | Airdate: Jun 22, 2015 (24 min)

In the Shadow of Ebola is the gripping story of a Liberian family kept apart by the Ebola outbreak in a nation still reeling from the chaos of civil war.

Episode: S17 Special | Airdate: Oct 20, 2015 (60 min)

Episode: S20 Special | Airdate: Jan 28, 2019 (8 min)

A short documentary about America's healthcare crisis as seen in the town of Accident, Maryland during the summer before the 2016 election.

Episode: S20 Special | Airdate: Feb 9, 2019

Episode: S20 Special | Airdate: Feb 11, 2019 (14 min)

A short documentary about five acclaimed quilters from Gee's Bend, Alabama as they are quilting and talk about love, religion and their fight for civil rights.

Episode: S20 Special | Airdate: Apr 15, 2019 (120 min)

This documentary examines the US immigration system through the eyes of a couple (a decorated US Marine veteran and her undocumented husband) separated by deportation. 

Episode: S20 Special | Airdate: May 13, 2019 (30 min)

Kristyn Leach was adopted as a baby from South Korea by an Irish-Catholic family on Long Island. It was her rebellious spirit that led her to farming, and it became a way for her to connect with her identity and community. Kristyn's seeds come from ancient heritage breeds from Asia, and she is one of only a handful of farmers still growing these crops as they face extinction. But the day-to-day challenges of disease and wildlife take their toll as she feels a deep responsibility to the seeds she is trying to save.

Episode: S21 Special | Airdate: Nov 15, 2019 (40 min)

Reproductive choice is often a taboo subject, and in this web series, strangers from disparate walks of life tackle and debate hot-button topics like sterilization, adoption, teen pregnancy and discuss the question "Should we have kids?"

Episode: S21 Special | Airdate: Nov 18, 2019 (30 min)

Sixteen-year-old Jewel Wilson is the next generation in a long line of prolific Inupiat subsistence hunters in Unalakleet, Alaska. Her ability to hunt moose is hindered by two pressing issues – scarce wildlife and the pressures of high school life. Finding sufficient food competes with track practice and homework in Jewel's multilayered world. Along with her father, Jewel turns to the land to feed their family and finds that their village's way of life is endangered by the same environmental shifts that could affect us all. In hunting moose, we see that Jewel is also hunting for answers. How will her village survive if subsistence hunting is threatened? Can she honor the traditions of her Elders while navigating the pressures and anxieties of a modern, connected teenager? Jewel's Hunt proves to be both physical and philosophical in this insightful exploration of what it means to come of age in complicated times in Unalakleet, Alaska.

Episode: S21 Special | Airdate: Nov 19, 2019 (30 min)

Purveyors of America's Indigenous foods are forging a resurgence of native dishes that satisfy a new generation hungering for insight and culinary delight. Meet three talented young Indigenous chefs -- Brian Yazzie, a Navajo/Diné chef originally from Arizona, now based in Minnesota; Kalā Domingo, a Hawaiian culinary student and heir to his dad's catering throne; and Hillel Echo-Hawk, a Pawnee-Athabaskian chef and caterer in Seattle – all preparing foods from their native cultures that sustained their communities for generations. From wild rice bowls and sumac duck confit to poke and imu-cooked kalua pig, to honey Lakota popcorn, see how cooking connects each of these chefs to their own histories, and what they in turn can teach others with mouth-watering delicacies.

Episode: S22 Special | Airdate: May 24, 2021

Episode: S24 Special | Airdate: Mar 2, 2023 (10 min)

The hustle and bustle of New York City subways provides a veil of anonymity, making invasions of personal space inevitable. There are innocuous interactions, but also violations that cross the line. Vividly shot in New York subways and stations, Underground emboldens the survivors of these incidents to share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma surrounding public violations.

Episode: S24 Special | Airdate: Mar 23, 2023 (15 min)

A porter drives more than 1000 miles a month to deliver goods between families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border.

Episode: S24 Special | Airdate: Apr 20, 2023 (12 min)

Comedic self-portrait of a filmmaker seeking a cure for her climate anxiety through eco-therapy.

Episode: S25 Special | Airdate: Nov 16, 2023 (17 min)

A deaf father and his hearing daughter explore how imprisonment has shaped their relationship and advocacy.

Episode: S26 Special | Airdate: Sep 16, 2024 (19 min)

A wild hog hunt in the Ozarks leads to an unexpectedly vulnerable dialogue between Iranian American filmmaker Andy Sarjahani and his childhood friend Bubba as they navigate a polarized world. As their paths diverged in the increasingly anti-Middle Eastern years after 9/11, Andy's journey of self-examination tries to reconcile his two cultural identities.

Episode: S26 Special | Airdate: Jun 23, 2025 (15 min)

Born out of a need to connect with others over the life-altering experience of widowhood, Michele Neff Hernandez launched Camp Widow, a yearly gathering for people wanting help navigating the tricky waters of grief. Weary of platitudes from well-meaning friends who think they should be "moving on," Camp Widow is a place to share a warm hug, to commiserate, and to make new friends for life.