{"id":30506,"date":"2024-11-13T16:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T00:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens-redesign\/?page_id=30506"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:22:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Independent Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAbout Independent Lens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Independent Lens is a PBS documentary series showcasing diverse and thought-provoking independent documentary films that explore social, cultural, and political issues from unique perspectives.\" 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Extraordinary people.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch and stream <em>Independent Lens<\/em> anytime <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the PBS app. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out what\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/coming-soon\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coming soon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur documentaries honor individuals whose determination in the face of challenge reflect major issues impacting our nation and our world,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">says <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/about\/lois-vossen-independent-lens-executive-producer\/\"><b>Lois Vossen<\/b><\/a><b>, Executive Producer of <\/b><strong><i>Independent Lens<\/i>.<\/strong><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThese films are intensely personal and yet speak to universal challenges. They show how there is possibility for progress against even the most intractable challenges, when people come together in hope and purpose.”<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For updates on the season and reminders about premieres,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/about\/?tab=newsletter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subscribe to our newsletter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n"},{"tabbed-content_tab_title":"Awards and Accolades","tabbed-content_tab_content":"<p>Below is a partial list of awards bestowed upon <em>Independent Lens<\/em> films over the years:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Academy Award Nominations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/writing-with-fire\/\"><em>Writing With Fire<\/em><\/a> by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh \u2014 Best Documentary (2022)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/hale-county-this-morning-this-evening\/\"><em>Hale County This Morning, This Evening<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by RaMell Ross \u2014 Best Documentary (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/i-am-not-your-negro\/\">I Am Not Your Negro<\/a> <\/em>by Raoul Peck \u2014 Best Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/invisible-war\/\"><em>The Invisible War<\/em><\/a> by Kirby Dick \u2014 Best Documentary (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/how-to-survive-a-plague\/\"><em>How to Survive a Plague<\/em><\/a> by David France \u2014 Best Documentary (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/hell-and-back-again\/\"><em>Hell and Back Again<\/em><\/a> by Danfung Dennis \u2014 Best Documentary (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/waste-land\/\">Waste Land<\/a> <\/em>by Lucy Walker \u2014 Best Documentary (2011)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/enron\/\"><em>Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room<\/em><\/a> by Alex Gibney \u2014 Best Documentary (2006)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/weatherunderground\/\">The Weather Underground<\/a> <\/em>by Sam Green and Bill Siegel \u2014 Best Documentary (2004)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/whycantwebeafamilyagain\/\"><em>Why Can\u2019t We Be a Family Again?<\/em><\/a> by Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel \u2014 Best Documentary Short (2002)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emmy Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/when-claude-got-shot\/\"><em>When Claude Got Shot<\/em><\/a> by Brad Lichtenstein – Primetime Emmy, Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking (2022)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/belly-of-the-beast\/\"><em>Belly of the Beast<\/em><\/a> by Erika Cohn \u2014 Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/feels-good-man\/\"><em>Feels Good Man<\/em><\/a> by Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini \u2014 Outstanding Research: Documentary (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/i-am-not-your-negro\/\">I Am Not Your Negro<\/a> <\/em>by Raoul Peck – Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/dawnland\/\">Dawnland<\/a> <\/em>by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip – Outstanding Research (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/wildland\/\">Wildland<\/a> <\/em>by Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski – Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/wildland\/\"><em>Wildland<\/em><\/a> by Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski – Outstanding Editing: Documentary (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/tower\/\"><em>TOWER<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Keith Maitland – Best Historical Documentary (2018)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/the-armor-of-light\/\">The Armor of Light<\/a> <\/em>by Abigail Disney –\u00a0Outstanding Social Issue Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/best-of-enemies\/\"><em>Best of Enemies<\/em><\/a> by Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon – Outstanding Historical Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/in-football-we-trust\/\">In Football We Trust<\/a> <\/em>by Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn –\u00a0Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/terror\/\">(T)ERROR<\/a> <\/em>by Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe –\u00a0Outstanding Investigative Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pbs.org\/independentlens\/homestretch\"><em>The Homestretch<\/em><\/a> by Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly –\u00a0Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting – Long Form (2016)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/medora\/\"><em>Medora<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart –\u00a0Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting – Long Form (2015)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/trials-of-muhammad-ali\/\">The Trials of Muhammad Ali<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Bill Siegel –\u00a0Outstanding Historical Documentary – Long Form (2015)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/invisible-war\/\">The Invisible War<\/a> <\/em>by Kirby Dick \u2014 Best Documentary (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/invisible-war\/\"><em>The Invisible War<\/em><\/a> by Kirby Dick – Outstanding Investigative Journalism \u2013 Long Form (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/detropia\/\"><em>Detropia<\/em><\/a> by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady \u2014 Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/woodmans\/\"><em>Desert of Forbidden Art<\/em><\/a> by Amanda Pope & Tchavdar Georgiev \u2014 Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music & Sound (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/desert-of-forbidden-art\/\"><em>The Woodmans<\/em><\/a> by C. Scott Willis \u2014 Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/have-you-heard-from-johannesburg\/\"><em>Have You Heard From Johannesburg<\/em><\/a> by Connie Field \u2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Special Merit in Nonfiction Film (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/art-and-copy\/\"><em>Art & Copy<\/em><\/a> by Doug Pray \u2014 Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming Emmy Award (2011)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/billystrayhorn\/\"><em>Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life<\/em><\/a> by Robert Levi \u2014 Best Documentary (2008)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/lioninthehouse\/\">A Lion in the House<\/a> <\/em>by Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar \u2014 Primetime Emmy, Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking (2007)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/lionstrail\/\"><em>A Lion\u2019s Trail<\/em><\/a> by Francois Verster, Mark J. Kaplan, and Dan Jawitz \u2014 Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming (2006)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/begoodsmilepretty\/\"><em>Be Good, Smile Pretty<\/em><\/a> by Tracy Droz Tragos \u2014 Best Documentary (2004)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.itvs.org\/singfaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sing Faster: The Stagehands\u2019 Ring Cycle<\/em><\/a> by Jon Else \u2014 Best Documentary (2000)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Television Academy Honors Awards<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/greener-pastures\/\">Greener Pastures<\/a><\/em> by Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian (2025)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>George Foster Peabody Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/one-with-the-whale\/\"><em>One With the Whale<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Jim Wickens and Peter Chelkowski (2024)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/the-picture-taker\/\"><em>The Picture Taker <\/em><\/a>by Phil Bertelsen – Finalist (2023)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh\"><em>Writing With Fire<\/em><\/a> by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh (2023)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/missing-in-brooks-county\/\">Missing in Brooks County<\/a><\/em> by Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss (2023)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/world-without-oil\/\">World Without Oil<\/a><\/em> by Ken Eklund – Peabody Legacy Award Winner (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement\/\">9to5: The Story of a Movement<\/a> <\/em>by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar – Finalist (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/storm-lake\/\"><em>Storm Lake<\/em><\/a> by Jerry Risius and Beth Levison – Finalist (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/mr-soul\/\">Mr. SOUL!<\/a> <\/em>by Melissa Haizlip (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/philly-da\/\">Philly D.A.<\/a> <\/em>by Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, and Nicole Salazar (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/belly-of-the-beast\/\"><em>Belly of the Beast<\/em><\/a> by Erika Cohn \u2014 Finalist (2020)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/one-child-nation\/\"><em>One Child Nation<\/em><\/a> by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang \u2014 Finalist (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/hale-county-this-morning-this-evening\/\"><em>Hale Country This Morning, This Evening<\/em><\/a> by RaMell Ross (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/i-am-not-your-negro\/\"><em>I Am Not Your Negro<\/em><\/a> by Raoul Peck – Finalist (2018)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/dolores-huerta\/\"><em>Dolores<\/em><\/a> by Peter Bratt (2018)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/the-judge\/\">The Judge<\/a> <\/em>by Erika Cohn (2018)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/bad-kids\/\"><em>The Bad Kids<\/em><\/a> by Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe – Finalist (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/TOWER\/\">TOWER<\/a> <\/em>by Keith Maitland – Finalist (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/newtown\/\"><em>Newtown<\/em><\/a> by Kim Snyder (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/trapped\/\"><em>Trapped<\/em><\/a> by Dawn Porter (2016)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/the-armor-of-light\/\"><em>The Armor of Light<\/em><\/a> by Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes \u2014 Finalist (2016)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/the-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution\/\"><em>The Black Panthers<\/em><\/a> by Stanley Nelson \u2014 Finalist (2016)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/1971\/\"><em>1971<\/em><\/a> by Johanna Hamilton \u2014 Finalist (2015)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/indias-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>India’s Daughter<\/em><\/a> by Leslee Udwin (2015)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/through-a-lens-darkly\/\">Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People<\/a> by Thomas Allen Harris \u2014 Finalist (2015)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/brakeless\/\"><em>Brakeless<\/em><\/a> by Kyoko Miyake (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/house-i-live-in\/\"><em>The House I Live In<\/em><\/a> by Eugene Jarecki (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/how-to-survive-a-plague\/\"><em>How to Survive a Plague<\/em><\/a> by David France (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/invisible-war\/\">The Invisible War<\/a> <\/em>by Kirby Dick (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/summer-pasture\/\">Summer Pasture<\/a> <\/em>by Lynn True and Nelson Walker (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/park-avenue\/\"><em>Park Avenue<\/em><\/a> by Alex Gibney (2012) (won as part of the Why Poverty? series).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/solar-mamas\/\"><em>Solar Mamas<\/em><\/a> by Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim (2012) (won as part of the Why Poverty? series).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/bhutto\/\"><em>Bhutto<\/em><\/a> by Duane Baughman (2011)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/reel-injun\/\"><em>Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian<\/em><\/a> by Neil Diamond (2010)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/between-the-folds\/\"><em>Between the Folds<\/em><\/a> by Vanessa Gould (2009)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/orderofmyths\/\"><em>The Order of Myths<\/em><\/a> by Margaret Brown (2009)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/kingcorn\/\"><em>King Corn<\/em><\/a> by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, and Ian Cheney (2008)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/stemcell\/\"><em>Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita<\/em><\/a> by Maria Finitzo (2008)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/sistersinlaw\/\">Sisters in Law<\/a> <\/em>by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi (2007)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/billystrayhorn\/\"><em>Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life<\/em><\/a> by Robert Levi (2007)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/animateddogs\/\"><em>Still Life with Animated Dogs<\/em><\/a> by Paul Fierlinger (2001)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itvs.org\/films\/travis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Travis<\/em><\/a> by Richard Kotuk (1998)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>duPont-Columbia Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>Philly D.A.<\/em> by Ted Passon and Yoni Brook (2022)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/bedlam\/\"><em>Bedlam<\/em><\/a> by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D. (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/revisionaries\/\">The Revisionaries<\/a> <\/em>by Scott Thurman (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/ai-weiwei\/\"><em>Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry<\/em><\/a> by Alison Klayman (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/hell-and-back-again\/\"><em>Hell and Back Again<\/em><\/a> by Danfung Dennis (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/abduction\/\"><em>Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story<\/em><\/a> by Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim (2008)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/seoultrain\/\">Seoul Train<\/a> <\/em>by Jim Butterworth and Lisa Sleeth (2006)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sundance Film Festival Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/one-child-nation\/\"><em>Writing With Fire<\/em><\/a> by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh \u2014 World Cinema Documentary Competition, Special Jury Award for Impact and Change (2021)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/feels-good-man\/\"><em>Feels Good Man<\/em><\/a> by Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini \u2014 U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker (2020)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/one-child-nation\/\"><em>One Child Nation<\/em><\/a> by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang \u2014 Documentary Competition, Grand Jury Prize (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/always-in-season\/\"><em>Always in Season<\/em><\/a> by Jacqueline Olive \u2014 Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency (2019)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/the-force\/\"><em>The Force<\/em><\/a> by Peter Nicks \u2014 Directing Award: U.S. Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/rumble\/\"><em>RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World<\/em><\/a> by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana – World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/unrest\/\"><em>Unrest<\/em><\/a> by Jen Brea \u2014 U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/winnie\/\"><em>Winnie<\/em><\/a> by Pascale Lamche \u2014 Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/trapped\/\"><em>Trapped<\/em><\/a> by Dawn Porter – Special Jury Award \u2014 Social Impact Filmmaking (2017)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/rich-hill\/\"><em>Rich Hill<\/em><\/a> by Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo \u2014 Grand Jury Documentary Prize<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/happiness\/\"><em>Happiness<\/em><\/a> by Thomas Balm\u00e8s \u2014 World Cinema Documentary Cinematography (2014)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/blood-brother\/\"><em>Blood Brother<\/em><\/a> by Steve Hoover \u2014 Audience Award (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/blood-brother\/\"><em>Blood Brother<\/em><\/a> by Steve Hoover \u2014 Grand Jury Prize (2013)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/house-i-live-in\/\"><em>The House I Live In<\/em><\/a> by Eugene Jarecki \u2014 Grand Jury Prize (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/invisible-war\/\"><em>The Invisible War<\/em><\/a> by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering \u2014 Audience Award (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"..\/love-free-or-die\/\">Love Free or Die<\/a> <\/em>by Macky Alston \u2014 Special Jury Prize (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/detropia\/\"><em>Detropia<\/em><\/a> by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady \u2014 Best Editing (2012)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/independentlens\/film-unfinished\/\">A Film Unfinished<\/a> <\/em>by Yael Hersonski \u2014 World Cinema Documentary Editing Award (2010)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/waste-land\/\"><em>Waste Land<\/em><\/a> by Lucy Walker \u2014 World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary (2010)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/brothertobrother\/\"><em>Brother to Brother<\/em><\/a> by Rodney Evans \u2014 Special Jury Prize, Drama (2004)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/independentlens\/imelda\/\"><em>Imelda<\/em><\/a> by Ramona Diaz \u2014 Excellence in Cinematography Award, Documentary (2004)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.itvs.org\/singfaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sing Faster: The Stagehands\u2019 Ring Cycle<\/a> <\/em>by Jon Else \u2014 Filmmaker’s Trophy (1999)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n"},{"tabbed-content_tab_title":"Brand Book","tabbed-content_tab_content":"<p>Welcome to our <i>Independent Lens<\/i> Brand Book. 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