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Featured Videos
No Straight Lines
S24 Ep6 | 1h 25m 44s
The Big Payback
S24 Ep5 | 1h 25m 13s
Children of Las Brisas
S24 Ep4 | 1h 22m 50s
Episodes
No Straight Lines
S24 Ep6 | 1h 25m 44s
The Big Payback
S24 Ep5 | 1h 25m 13s
Children of Las Brisas
S24 Ep4 | 1h 22m 50s
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Specials
The Command Center to Bring Women Home
Special | 20m 58s
Brother
Special | 14m 21s
Our League
Special | 36m 38s
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Extras
Trailer | This Winter on Independent Lens
Preview: S24 | 1m
Trailer | Stream the Best Docs on the PBS Video App
Preview: S24 | 1m
Trailer | This Fall on Independent Lens
Preview: S24 | 1m
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Collections
- Celebrate Queer Voices Spotlighting the LGBTQ+ community
- Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction What could go wrong?
- World Changemakers Get inspired by people who've made an extraordinary impact.
- African American and Proud African American and Proud
- American Nomads Web series: These folks make a home in vehicles while living their best life on the road.
- Blind Love "Blind Love" follows four single, blind millennials in their quest for love.
- Driver Radio: Jamaica Twin brothers Don and Ron Brodie travel around Jamaica to reconnect with their roots.
- Hit the Road with Independent Lens! Hit the road from the PBS Video app.
- Native American Stories Native American Stories
- Philly D.A. Watch the eight-part docuseries Philly D.A.
- School Spotlight School Spotlight
- Should We Kid or Not? Strangers from all walks of life debate reproductive choices and hot-button topics.
- Women's Stories Spotlighting women's stories.
- alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Meet talented young Indigenous chefs connected to their own histories with delicious food.
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Q&A With The Big Payback Filmmakers
From Podcast To Doc: Erika Alexander And Whitney Dow On Their Reparation Collaboration
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