June 16, 2020
Do You Live in a News Bubble?
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Brooke Shelby Biggs Whether you think of her as a visionary or a kook, Marion Stokes was far ahead of her time in addressing a problem in American media…...
May 21, 2020
How Much Do You Know About Recycling? ♻️A Biodegradable Quiz
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
How much do you know about where our waste goes? From cigarette butts to banana peels to plastics, test your expertise on recycling and learn some possibly shocking stats. This…...
July 05, 2019
Can You Tell the Difference Between a Space Object and a Documentary Still Image?
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
Are you ready to celebrate the skies above and the great beyond? So are we...Independent Lens-style. Take a time-out to space out with our visual quiz. See if you can…...
June 07, 2019
Which “Tales of the City” Character Are You?
Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge
It's been 41 years since Armistead Maupin's first Tales of the City book was published, 26 years since the initial PBS series based on that book aired, and now with…...
November 08, 2018
Delete or Ignore? Pretend You’re a Facebook Content Moderator
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
In 2018, after much debate and controversy, Facebook finally published its censorship policies. All 27 pages of them. The move, wrote the LA Times, "adds a new degree of transparency…...
December 18, 2017
Take the Armistead Maupin and Tales of the City Pop Quiz!
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
How much do you know about Armistead Maupin and about his beloved Tales of the City series? Are you a Maupin superfan? Take this quiz we created for both for longtime…...
December 20, 2016
Meet the Patels on PBS Presents a Love Quiz!
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
Keeping with the "looking for love" theme of Meet the Patels, which makes its television debut on Independent Lens Monday, December 26, 2017 at 9 pm, we present you with a…...
September 30, 2016
Quiz: Are You Buckley or Vidal?
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
In 1968, opposing intellectual forces William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal squared off in a series of nationally televised debates during one of our nation's most turbulent election cycles. With a…...
May 05, 2016
Gun Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Guns in America?
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
No matter what your stance is on gun ownership, you may be surprised to learn the real trends fueling the debate. We created this gun quiz to test your knowledge about…...
February 19, 2016
Take this Quiz on the War on Terror
Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge
Everything changed in the United States on September 11, 2001. While in the aftermath of those attacks much of the focus in what President George W. Bush called the "War on Terror" was…...
February 12, 2016
Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter Quiz
Independent Lens in Test Your Knowledge
It was 50 years ago that the Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was formed in Oakland, California by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. The Black Panther…...
May 13, 2015
1971 Pop Quiz
Independent Lens in Uncategorized
The acclaimed film 1971 airs on Independent Lens on PBS next Monday, May 18 [check local listings]. But first, test yourself on all things 1971, from music to sports, politics…...