Independent Lens RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgTue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:37 -0400Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:37 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2246265856/The Waiting Room is a cinema verité portrait of one California city's public safety-net hospital as it struggles to handle patient overload in a swooning economy and a constantly shifting landscape of health care policy. The film will make its television premiere next season on Independent Lens.http://video.pbs.org/video/2246265856/06/15/2012Coming this fall to PBS.tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionHealthHealthHealth Care & IllnessesHealth Care & IllnessesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365006100/Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums-- awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of change.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365006100/05/02/2013Watch this film through July 8.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesEpisodeend=2013-07-09http://video.pbs.org/video/2330374713/Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sewn hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering children to become leaders in improving health, transforming their communities for the better.http://video.pbs.org/video/2330374713/01/29/2013Watch The Revolutionary Optimists - premiering June 17 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2343038403/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Revolutionary Optimists, Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, coaches a group of young children in the Calcutta slums in a puppet show designed to inform their communities about health concerns.http://video.pbs.org/video/2343038403/03/13/2013Watch The Revolutionary Optimists - premiering June 17 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1989512827/Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. This documentary film explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender.http://video.pbs.org/video/1989512827/06/15/2011Watch this film through June 30.tv-14Culture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsFull Length FilmsFull Length FilmsEpisodeend=2013-07-01http://video.pbs.org/video/2342104236/Can the Motor City rise from its ashes? There is a growing feeling that as Detroit goes, so goes the nation. This film tells the dramatic story of a city and its most innovative people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342104236/03/11/2013Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2352265358/In this video companion piece to the Independent Lens documentary, Detropia, two Detroit area scavengers discuss how scrap metal provides a decent living now that unemployment rates have exceeded 30% and assembly line wages have been reduced.http://video.pbs.org/video/2352265358/03/20/2013Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2354657351/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Detropia, we see the demolition of one of 100,000 abaondoned homes in Detroit, the fastest shrinking city in the United States. The reporter interviewing the demolition expert says it is as if the city is "going back to the prairie."http://video.pbs.org/video/2354657351/03/22/2013Watch Detropia - Premiering May 27 at 10 (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2324409645/The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. Military? The epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks. An American female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. A culture of privilege and impunity has resulted in few prosecutions, and the systematic isolation of women who dare report the crimes.http://video.pbs.org/video/2324409645/01/10/2013The Invisible War premieres May 13, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365004645/Who says a documentary can't create change? The Invisible War is a groundbreaking, Oscar-nominated documentary about rape within the U.S. military that has catalyzed the conversation over what needs to change to prevent further abuses.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365004645/04/30/2013Watch The Invisible War - premiering Monday, May 13 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2332817756/PBS congratulates the filmmakers of The Invisible War nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Compelling, powerful, and part of the national converation about U.S. military service, The Invisible War is coming to Independent Lens this Memorial Day.http://video.pbs.org/video/2332817756/02/07/2013The Invisible War premieres May 13, 2013 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2328062510/In this excerpt from the Oscar-nominated Independent Lens film, The Invisible War, several servicewomen describe how they were sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S military.http://video.pbs.org/video/2328062510/01/22/2013Watch The Invisible War on May 13 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecurityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2339247761/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film, Seeking Asian Female, Steven, the film's protagonist, cleans house in preparation for a visit from Sandy, the Chinese woman he met on the Internet who he hopes will agree to marry him.http://video.pbs.org/video/2339247761/02/27/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2339248285/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film, Seeking Asian Female, Steven, the film's protagonist, return from China with Sandy, a woman he met through a website which caters to American men looking for an Asian bride.http://video.pbs.org/video/2339248285/02/27/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2339246842/Two strangers — an elderly American man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered through the internet, but they get more than they bargained for when she moves across the Pacific to start a new life with him in America, in this intimate and quirky, personal documentary about modern love.http://video.pbs.org/video/2339246842/02/27/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female - premiering May 6 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365004948/When it comes to "yellow fever,” many argue it’s a two way street. In this webisode, Asian women confess reasons for preferring white men including that they’re “more confident, better looking.” Academics unpack the reasons why, including “hiergamy,” the sociologists’ term to describe a universal female desire for marrying above one’s own socioeconomic status.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365004948/05/01/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365004972/Looking beyond personal ad profiles and first dates, how do cross-cultural relationships with or without the “tarnish of yellow fever” work in the long term? Interviews with interracial couples, as well as experts and those on the hunt for love reflect on what it takes for initial attraction to evolve into real and lasting commitment.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365004972/05/01/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365004933/In this video companion piece to the Independent Lens documentary, Seeking Asian Female, the filmmakers survey people in interracial relationships on the topic of yellow fever: Western white men having an obsession with East Asian women. In this and the other episodes, They’re All so Beautiful opens with a question, provides answers, and then asks some more.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365004933/05/01/2013Watch Seeking Asian Female on PBS Video through June 2, 2013tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2362080855/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Undocumented by acclaimed filmmaker Marco Williams, a young man describes how his grandmother -- a woman named Blanca -- died while accompanying him during his border crossing. Confronting their grief over this terrible loss, her son says "without a doubt, these are very hard times."http://video.pbs.org/video/2362080855/03/27/2013Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364991661/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Undocumented by acclaimed filmmaker Marco Williams, a staff member of the Coalicion de Derechos Humanos describes how the organization keeps records of missing migrants and their recovered bodies. They try to notify the family members of the deceased so that they may be identified, but each year more and more bodies are found.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364991661/04/05/2013Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2360538512/Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis—policing it, inhabiting it, crossing it, working it, making it safer or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrants, who sometimes die while trying to cross an unforgiving desert.http://video.pbs.org/video/2360538512/03/26/2013Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364991652/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Undocumented by acclaimed filmmaker Marco Williams, a forensics expert examines the remains of a mother and her young daughter, explaining that both perished in the desert while migrating to the U.S. However, no one knows why they were left along in the desert, or which of them died first.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364991652/04/05/2013Watch The Undocumented by Marco Williams - premiering April 29 at 10pm (check listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2330373266/See the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced - the literal survival of his country and everyone in it, as the most low-lying country in the world, a minor rise in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives.http://video.pbs.org/video/2330373266/01/29/2013Watch The Island President - premiering April 22 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364993356/The Maldivian fight for its survival in the face of a rising sea level is a profound microcosm of the global situation. This educational module examines the factors behind global climate change, its detrimental ecological and cultural effects, and the means by which it can be mitigated, on both local and international levels.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993356/04/09/2013View the link between climate change, political advocacy, and the international politics.nrParentsParentsEducationEducationScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364993348/This educational module chronicles the democratic movement in the Maldives and the human rights violations for which its longstanding autocratic regime was responsible. This lesson explores the basic premise of human rights, the history of human rights abuse and its consequences, human rights in the contemporary media, and the application of human rights issues to modern American life.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993348/04/09/2013A chronicle of the rise of the democratic movement in the Maldives.nrParentsParentsEducationEducationScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2331473575/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Island President, we see then President Mohamed Nasheed visit one of the islands of the Maldives to see the effects of the rising sea level along one of its beaches.http://video.pbs.org/video/2331473575/02/01/2013Watch The Island President - premiering April 22 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364993357/The Maldivian fight for its survival in the face of a rising sea level is a profound microcosm of the global situation. This educational module portrays President Nasheed's creative media strategy of staging an underwater cabinet meeting to draw attention to the crisis.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993357/04/09/2013President Nasheed stages an underwater meeting to draw attention to the global warming.nrParentsParentsEducationEducationScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2329893377/Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.http://video.pbs.org/video/2329893377/01/28/2013Watch Wonder Women! - premiering April 15 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364992725/Iconic activist, Gloria Steinem, is featured in the upcoming Independent Lens film, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, which traces the evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. In this short interview Gloria Steinem reminisces on her own childhood and remembers her favorite Superheroine, Wonder Women.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364992725/04/08/2013Watch Wonder Women! - premiering April 15 at 10pm (check local listings)nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2331466577/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, we meet working mom, Carmela Lane, and hear why she identifies so strongly with her favorite superheroine...so much so that she has not one, but two Wonder Woman tattoos!http://video.pbs.org/video/2331466577/02/01/2013Watch Wonder Women! - premiering April 15 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentityCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364995809/Independent Lens host Stanly Tucci invites you to stay tuned in this spring as we continue to bring new and exciting documentary films to PBS, Monday night at 10:00pm. Each week you will be intrigued by a new documentary by filmmakers who are taking creative risks and telling stories from unique perspectives.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364995809/04/12/2013Airing Monday nights at 10pm (check local listings)nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionPromotionend=2013-06-21http://video.pbs.org/video/2363325253/Filmmaker Alan Spearman collaborates with Chris Dean to present a meditation on life in South Memphis. With narration by a young man who lost his father to gang violence, this powerful collection of images provides a poetic counterpoint to the usually faceless War on Drugs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2363325253/03/28/2013Watch this film by Alan Spearman.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunityRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityEpisodeend=2016-04-09http://video.pbs.org/video/2342947247/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, prison guard Mike Carpenter speaks candidly about how the severity of America's drug laws may actually be making it harder for law enforcement to tackle the problem effectively.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342947247/03/13/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342942940/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, David Simon, the creator of The Wire, and other experts on the War on Drugs describe how drugs may offer the only opportunities for those living in communities with extremely limited economic opportunities.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342942940/03/13/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2350630639/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki observes that while documenting the steps that so many Americans take through the world of the Drug War, he couldn't help but notice that at every stage, Black Americans were disproportionately represented.http://video.pbs.org/video/2350630639/03/19/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342952374/In this video extra for the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, David Simon, the creator of The Wire, and journalist Charles Bowden describe how the War on Drugs frames drug abuse mainly in moral terms, while ignoring the issue of economic inequality which may actually be the root of the problem.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342952374/03/13/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342924144/In this music video for the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, a montage of scenes of prison life and facts about the impact of the War on Drugs are set against a song by John Legend.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342924144/03/13/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2328265954/From director Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) comes an unflinching look at how the War on Drugs has disproportionately disenfranchised, incarcerated, and impoverished African Americans.http://video.pbs.org/video/2328265954/01/23/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2328459017/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The House I Live In, David Simon, the creator of The Wire, describes how the strategies behind the War on Drugs have actually destroyed law enforcement's power of deterrance and increased cynicism among enforcement agents and citizens alike.http://video.pbs.org/video/2328459017/01/23/2013Watch The House I Live In - April 8 at 10pm (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSocial IssuesSocial IssuesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2340845582/Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2340845582/03/05/2013From Columbia College Chicago.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2018-03-15http://video.pbs.org/video/2340840730/Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2340840730/03/05/2013From Boston University.tv-gCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2018-03-15http://video.pbs.org/video/2340849063/Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2340849063/03/05/2013From Webster University, St. Louis.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2018-03-15http://video.pbs.org/video/2340848150/Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2340848150/03/05/2013From Lipscomb University, Nashville.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2018-03-15http://video.pbs.org/video/2340849827/Guess Who? is a series of short videos in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (www.seejane.org) and the Independent Television Service (ITVS). The videos seek to challenge children’s beliefs about gender stereotypes by showing men and women in non-traditional jobs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2340849827/03/05/2013From University of Southern California.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesEpisodeend=2018-03-15http://video.pbs.org/video/2344258760/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum analyzes how digital media tools work in less developed nations or areas where media access is limited. Evaluate the savvy, resources, skills and support needed to develop effective media outreach.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344258760/03/14/2013Analyze how digital media can work in support of democracy in less developed nations.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyMedia & TechnologyMedia & TechnologySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344225840/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum explores the ways in which Muslim girls and women have made strides in asserting their rights. Muslim women face many of the same struggles and challenges as women all over the world. In addition, there are specific issues these women face as Muslims within their families, communities and religion.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344225840/03/14/2013Explore the ways Muslim girls and women have made strides in asserting their rights.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344225273/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum investigates Arab citizens of Israel as a group, and how the film Shadya draws attention to a population rarely exposed in the media.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344225273/03/14/2013Investigate Arab citizens of Israel as a group, a population rarely exposed in the media.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344225249/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum looks at the principles that might make an election democratic as well as ways in which elections can be inefficient, manipulated or abused.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344225249/03/14/2013What does it take to make an election truly democratic?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344224704/This educational module from the film Waiting for the Revolution, part of the Women's Empowerment Curriculum, investigates the concepts of unemployment, unions and worker’s rights as universal human rights.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344224704/03/14/2013Investigate Bolivia's unemployment, unions and worker’s rights as universal human rights.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344221837/This educational module from the film Waiting for the Revolution, part of the Women's Empowerment Curriculum, investigates the dilemma of whether community organizers should work within the system or outside of the system to bring about social change.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344221837/03/14/2013Should organizers work within the system or outside of it to bring about social change?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyCommunityCommunitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344215124/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum examines the community organizing/civic action steps that the Green Belt Movement took to address Kenya’s deforestation and investigates the strategies that other “change makers” and organizations use to address specific issues.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344215124/03/14/2013Examine the steps that the Green Belt Movement took to address Kenya’s deforestation.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2344207981/This educational module from the Women's Empowerment Curriculum examines how Kenya’s history as a colonized nation has contributed to their challenges with deforestation. Identify how this environmental degradation is related to other social, political and economic problems that affect the country’s marginalized citizens.http://video.pbs.org/video/2344207981/03/14/2013Examine how Kenya’s history of colonization contributed to challenges with deforestation.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyPeople & ProfilesPeople & ProfilesScience & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2317146495/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, we see Ai and his lawyers encountering resistance from authorities as he attempts to file a lawsuit for his earlier treatment by police. While he succeeds in filing the complaint, it's clear that seeking justice in China can be a Kafkaesque ordeal.http://video.pbs.org/video/2317146495/12/17/2012Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - premiering February 25, 2013 (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFine ArtsFine ArtsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2315262044/Ai Weiwei is arguably the most internationally celebrated Chinese artist of the modern era. But at heart, he is a troublemaker who challenges the government with rebellious and irreverent gestures. This has often cost him his freedom, but he never seems to lose his childlike approach to serious dissidence.http://video.pbs.org/video/2315262044/12/12/2012Watch Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - premiering February 25, 2013 (check local listings)tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFine ArtsFine ArtsPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2336602337/Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduces the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Created Equal Project. The initiative showcases powerful NEH-funded films, including The Abolitionists, Freedom Riders, and The Loving Story — films that provide a deeper understanding of African American history and the American story.http://video.pbs.org/video/2336602337/02/19/2013Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduces the Created Equal Project.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicitySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2335170627/Actress Alfre Woodard narrated the upcoming Independent Lens film, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights. In this short interview, she discusses the pivotal role played by the civil rights movement’s inside man as he navigated a society divided by war, race, and poverty.http://video.pbs.org/video/2335170627/02/14/2013Watch The Powerbroker - February 18 at 10 pm (check local listings)nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2312540337/Whitney M. Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated - and controversial - leaders of the civil rights era. Unique among black leaders, he took the fight directly to the powerful white elite, gaining allies in business and government, including three presidents.http://video.pbs.org/video/2312540337/12/04/2012Watch The Powerbroker - premiering February 18, 2013 (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesPromotionhttp://video.pbs.org/video/2312542416/In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, The Powerbroker, we see how Whitney Young, Jr. established himself in the business world before moving on to become a leader in the civil rights movement.http://video.pbs.org/video/2312542416/12/04/2012Watch The Powerbroker - premiering February 18, 2013 (check local listings)tv-pgCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyRace & EthnicityRace & EthnicityHistoryHistoryBiography & ProfilesBiography & ProfilesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2332582607/Filmmaker Qi Zhao reflects on the premiere of his film "Fallen City" at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary zooms in on the family lives of three survivors, who are marked by painful memories and deep sadness from China's 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.http://video.pbs.org/video/2332582607/02/06/2013A wrap report on the Sundance premiere of the documentary “Fallen City.”nrArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentFilm & TelevisionFilm & TelevisionSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2332007343/This Community Classroom educational module from Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides students with an opportunity to do their own media research on and analysis of how media images are manufactured and marketed.http://video.pbs.org/video/2332007343/02/04/2013How are media images manufactured and marketed?tv-pgArts & EntertainmentArts & EntertainmentMusicMusicCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyGender & Sexual IdentityGender & Sexual IdentitySegment