Independent Lens

Indie Films Series / 8 Seasons

Authentic stories. Extraordinary people.

52m 3s / TV-PG

The Calling: Rob Pene

9m 21s / TV-PG

Rob Pene was born in American Samoa and came to the United States on a baseball scholarship. Unsuccessful in his major-league tryouts, he pursues his passion through an urban ministry. He also writes and performs Christian rap. The sudden death of his father challenges Pene’s commitment to his chosen path.

The Calling: Steven Gamez

10m 30s / TV-PG

Steven Gamez is a good-humored Tejano (Texan-Mexican). Born and raised on San Antonio’s rough West Side, Gamez dreams of returning to his neighborhood and serving the poor. He attends Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, where he studies to become a Catholic priest.

The Calling: Shmuly Yanklowitz

8m 15s / TV-PG

Shmuly Yanklowitz is an intellectual rabbinical student at New York City’s Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School — and a passionate activist. A Modern Orthodox Jew, he feels compelled to break boundaries — to resist becoming an old-style rabbi stuck within the walls of the synagogue.

45365: The DUI Arrest

43s / TV-PG

From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, this film explores relationships and interactions with and between people in one small town. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.

45365: Gospel Service and Creekside Chatter

2m 34s / TV-PG

From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, this film explores relationships and interactions with and between people in one small town. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.

45365 - Trailer

26s / TV-PG

From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, this film explores relationships and interactions with and between people in one small town. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.

45365: The Barber Shop

51s / TV-PG

From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, this film explores relationships and interactions with and between people in one small town. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.

45365: A Campaign Message

1m 5s / TV-PG

From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, this film explores relationships and interactions with and between people in one small town. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events.

Dirt! The Movie - Promo

1m 45s / TV-PG

Industrial farming, mining and urban development have endangered soil and resulted in cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. How can humans reconnect to dirt -- the living skin of the Earth?

Copyright Criminals - Trailer

30s / TV-PG

Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. The film traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry.

Deep Down: Virtual Mining Town

2m 33s

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. But, when a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their town, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the nation.

Deep Down - Trailer

41s / TV-PG

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. But, when a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their town, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the nation.

Deep Down: Mining Interests and the Public Hearing

5m 4s / TV-PG

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. But, when a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their town, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the nation.

Deep Down: Mine over Matter

5m 5s / TV-PG

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. But, when a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their town, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the nation.

Deep Down: Mining's Bittersweet Victory

5m / TV-PG

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. But, when a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their town, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the nation.

Lost Sparrow - Video Extra

8m 36s / TV-PG

Some questions are never answered. Some answers are hard to take. Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community. Lost Sparrow is their adoptive brother's journey to bring Bobby and Tyler home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family.

The Longoria Affair: The Funeral Home and a Civil Rights Mov

5m 5s / TV-PG

In Texas after World War II, a funeral home refuses to care for a dead Mexican American soldier's body "because the whites wouldn't like it," sparking nationwide outrage and helping to launch a civil rights movement.

El Caso Longoria: The Longoria Affair

5m 5s / TV-PG

En Texas depues de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando una funeraria niega velar a un soldado mexicano-americano "porque a los blancos no les gustaria," la indignacion del pais favorece el nacimiento de la lucha por los derechos civiles.

El Caso Longoria: Clip de Pelicula 2

2m 56s / TV-Y

En Texas depues de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando una funeraria niega velar a un soldado mexicano americano "porque a los blancos no les gustaria", la indignacion del pais favorece el nacimiento de la lucha por los derechos civiles.

The Longoria Affair - Promo

26s / TV-PG

In Texas after World War II, a funeral home refuses to care for a dead Mexican American soldier's body "because the whites wouldn't like it," sparking nationwide outrage and helping to launch a civil rights movement.

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