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Season 26 – Independent Lens

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As the title suggests, a series of documentaries resembles an independent film festival in its diversity of subject matter, from hula dancing to crossword mania as captured by a roster of edgy and creative filmmakers.

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Independent Lens — Season 26

Independent Lens — Season 26

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Mark Ruffalo

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 6, 2025 Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution Nobel Prize-winning scientist Phillip Sharp's RNA discovery reshapes science, medicine and the global tech industry. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 11, 2024 Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen U.S. Marine veteran Anthony Marquez hand-carves battlefield crosses to reconnect with Gold Star families in his search for healing and peace. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 20, 2025 Ratified The push to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution through the legal battle in Virginia. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 3, 2025 Dallas, 2019 Covering five weeks in Dallas, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, including stories that capture the city's pulse and the people who work and live there. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 3, 2025 Life After Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 3, 2025 Dallas, 2019 Dallas residents and city workers respond to the causal effects of natural and human-caused disasters. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 3, 2025 Dallas, 2019 A transgender woman, a County Court commissioner and a Health and Human Services director with Texas roots struggle with their place in the world. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 3, 2025 Dallas, 2019 Dallas residents and city workers respond to the causal effects of natural and human-caused disasters. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 3, 2025 Dallas, 2019 Dallas residents and city workers respond to the causal effects of natural and human-caused disasters. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 6, 2025 Minted A group of artists gains global recognition after embracing NFTs, but they must deal with the controversies that threaten to undermine this new technology. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 13, 2025 Without Arrows Lakota dancer Delwin Fiddler Jr. returns to his ancestral home in South Dakota to heal past wounds and renew the family legacy. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 3, 2025 The Strike Incarcerated men at California's Pelican Bay prison ignite the largest prisoner hunger strike in U.S. history. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 10, 2025 The In Between A filmmaker returns home to reflect on life on the U.S.-Mexico border. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 17, 2025 Skin of Glass A filmmaker discovers that her architect father's building in Sao Paulo, the 24-story "Pele de Vidro," is inhabited by unhoused people. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 24, 2025 Bike Vessel A 70-year-old man embarks on a 350-mile cycling trip from St. Louis to Chicago with his son. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 24, 2025 Home Court The coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California who overcomes injury, racial and class differences to become her own person and leave a legacy behind. Details Episode 15 Aired Apr 8, 2025 WE WANT THE FUNK! Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond. Details Episode 16 Aired Apr 29, 2025 Free for All: The Public Library The women behind the "Free Library Movement" to the librarians who service the public amid an age of closures and book bans, creating a civic institution that is free and open to all. Details Episode 17 Aired May 5, 2025 Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's A portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer's and how the disease transforms roles and relationships. Details Episode 18 Aired May 12, 2025 And So It Begins The Philippines' turbulent 2022 presidential race in which Bongbong Marcos waged a combative social media campaign against his more progressive opponent, incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo. Details Episode 19 Aired May 19, 2025 Who Is Michael Jang? During the pandemic, San Francisco photographer Michael Jang sets out to share his hidden treasure of candid celebrity shots and a down-to-earth cross-section of Chinese American family life. Details

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Independent Lens — Season 26

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Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, Entertainment
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 6, 2025
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