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Independent Lens

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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.

Episodes:

• One with the Whale

  Hunting whales is a matter of survival for Alaska Native residents of St. Lawrence. A family is blindsided when animal activists target their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village - a hunt that feeds the community through winter. Also included is the short film "Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go." Exploring the field of "climate psychology," this is a candid and comedic self-portrait in which the filmmaker turns the camera on herself and goes in search of a cure for her crippling climate anxiety.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Apr 23rd, 2024 at 9:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/23/2024 to 4/21/2027

• Beyond Utopia

  The gripping story of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world many have never seen.

  Next Airing:	Tue, Apr 30th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:56:46
  Usage rights:	1/9/2024 to 1/8/2027

• Medora

  A community beset by a crippled economy and dwindling population is the setting for this documentary, following a down-but-not-out varsity basketball team over a season. The team's struggle to compete parallels the town's own fight for survival.

  Next Airing:	Tue, May 7th, 2024 at 11:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:26:46
  Usage rights:	3/31/2014 to 3/30/2017

• Space: The Longest Goodbye

  NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission, as the crew grapples with the tension between their dream of reaching new frontiers and the basic human need to stay connected to home.

  Next Airing:	Wed, May 8th, 2024 at 1:00 AM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:26:46
  Usage rights:	5/6/2024 to 5/5/2027

• The Tuba Thieves

  What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O'Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions.

  Next Airing:	Tue, May 21st, 2024 at 11:00 PM on KUED-HD
  Length:	01:26:46
  Usage rights:	5/20/2024 to 5/19/2027

• A Thousand Pines

  Over a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees across America. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to family back home.

  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	4/1/2024 to 3/31/2027

• Greener Pastures

  Follow the people dealing with economic uncertainty and the healthcare crisis in rural America. Learn about the mental health and isolation of Midwestern farmers and the Appalachian communities left with limited or no access to healthcare.

  Length:	01:56:46
  Usage rights:	3/25/2024 to 3/24/2027

• Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's

  Navigate the lives of three people in the face of Parkinson's disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother becomes an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates continuing to draw as his motor control declines.

  Length:	00:56:46
  Usage rights:	4/8/2024 to 4/7/2027

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