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Airing weekly on PBS, the five-time Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens is an independent film festival in your living room. Each week we bring you another original documentary film, each made by one of the best independent filmmakers working today.

This season, Independent Lens returns with 22 independent films that will transport you and challenge you to experience universal human themes from unique perspectives. We will delve into issues emerging from the economic crisis in America, from job loss to wealth disparity; examine the origins of soul food, its importance in African American culture, and its serious health implications; we will examine a military culture in which female soldiers are sexually assaulted at a terrifying rate, and their attackers often left unpunished; we

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by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2020

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by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2020

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by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2020

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by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2020

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by BWW News Desk - September 01, 2020

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by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2020

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