Airs: Sundays at 9pm on WGBH 44 INDEPENDENT LENS is a film festival in your living room. The Emmy Award-winning anthology series is television’s largest showcase of independent film. Featuring cutting-edge documentaries along with fiction, shorts and animated works, INDEPENDENT LENS is united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of independent producers.

Sample Programs

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
This film tells the true story of a bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild red and green parrots. Former street musician and San Francisco dharma bum Mark Bittner falls in with the flock as he searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the parrots will bring him everything he seeks.
A Fish Story
This is the tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle against a coalition of national environmental groups for control of the ocean. Three hundred years of fishing tradition and the health of the ocean hang in the balance.
Knocking
They are moral conservatives who stay out of politics, but they won a record number of court cases expanding freedom for everyone. Controversial and misunderstood Christian faith, “Knocking” reveals how Jehovah’s Witnesses have helped shape history beyond the doorstep.

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