Independent Lens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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