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Close up of a mother and daughter hugging inside of a hospital.
Contests
April, 8, 2020

Enter to Win a Copy of “Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis”

Independent Lens in Contests
Beyond the Films
April, 6, 2020

Peer Support and the Complexity of Mental Health

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
A man with light skin tone looks at a computer in a home office alongside an Asian woman, also working at a computer.
Beyond the Films
March, 26, 2020

This Couple Finds Answers for Adopted Daughters From China

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
An Asian woman with light skin tone holds her infant child while interviewing her mother for One Child Nation.
Behind the Films
March, 25, 2020

Nanfu Wang’s Riveting Personal Story Probes Impact of One-Child Policy

Independent Lens in Behind the Films
A man with dark skin tone and a mustache, wearing a ball cap, is interviewed for the camera.
Announcements
March, 25, 2020

Next on PBS: 8 Stories About the People Shaping Our World

Independent Lens in Announcements
A blind man with light skin tone on a date at a speed dating event with a blond woman with light skin tone.
Beyond the Films
March, 5, 2020

“Is Attraction Different in the Absence of Sight?”

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Still from the 1920 film "Within Our Gates" showing a mob of white men preparing to lynch a young Black boy, while a woman hugs him.
Beyond the Films
February, 20, 2020

As American as the Blues: Lynching in Film and TV

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
Headshot of filmmaker Jacqueline Olive, a woman with medium-dark skin tone and shoulder-length dark hair. She wears pink lipstick.
Behind the Films
February, 20, 2020

Filmmaker Explores First Steps Toward Justice and Reconciliation

Independent Lens in Behind the Films
A black and white photo of Billie Holiday singing mid-note.
Beyond the Films
February, 19, 2020

Billie Holiday’s Searing “Strange Fruit” Still Has the Power to Startle

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
An ancient painting of the Hindu myth of the flood, showing 8 men in a swan-shaped boat sailing alongside a large fish or whale, who is pulling them.
Beyond the Films
February, 14, 2020

A Flood of Myths and Stories

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
An animatronic woman depicting a wife of one of Noah's sons in a museum show about the biblical story of the Ark and the flood.
Beyond the Films
February, 12, 2020

Religion, Science and Belief: Unearthing the Thorny Intersection

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
A Chinese woman holds an infant in her arms while sitting in a gray armchair.
Beyond the Films
February, 5, 2020

The One-Child Policy Legacy on Women and Relationships in China

Independent Lens in Beyond the Films