Independent Lens Season 6, Episode 1: The Political Dr. Seuss

Polka Time

60 min

Afghanistan Unveiled

60 min

Los Angeles Now

Los Angeles Now is a 60 minute documentary by producer/director Phillip Rodriguez. It first aired in November 2004 on PBS’s Independent Lens series. The documentary investigates the city of Los Angeles as it comes of age and wrestles with its history and its future. The film includes conversations with a broad range of Los Angeles figures, from actress Salma Hayek and businessman/philanthropist Eli Broad to author and essayist Richard Rodriguez and Cardinal Roger Mahony.

60 min

The Day My God Died

60 min

Girl Wrestler

60 min

Fine; Doki-Doki

60 min

Short, Not Sweet

60 min

A Hard Straight

60 min

A Touch of Greatness

60 min

Power Trip

60 min

February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four

60 min

On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream

Greg Smith and his family bare all in this unflinching portrait of a 65-pound man striving for the American dream. Fueled by discrimination, Smith created "On a Roll" talk radio from his wheelchair in 1992. The father of three travels the globe but finds his own nation's capital inaccessible - a minor challenge compared to living independently and having safe intimate relationships.

60 min

Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry

60 min

Sisters of '77

Sisters of '77 is a documentary film that chronicles an unprecedented event in women's history, the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas in November 1977. The purpose of the National Women's Conference was to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights. The conference was the first federally funded women's conference, and brought together over 20,000 women and men from around the United States. Sisters of '77 provides a look at a pivotal weekend that changed the course of history and the lives of the women who attended. The film incorporates rare archival footage and interviews of leaders relating this history to the present. The conference attendees included former first ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter. The women present included Republicans, Democrats, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinas, Native American, pro-choice, pro-life, straight, gay, liberal and conservative women. The most influential leaders attending the burgeoning women’s movement included Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Smeal, Ann Richards, Coretta Scott King, Billie Jean King, and Barbara Jordan.

60 min

Sunset Story

60 min

Let the Church Say Amen

60 min

A Lion's Trail

60 min

Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton

60 min

End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again

A profile of seminal punk band the Ramones includes concert footage, interviews with group members and clips of bands that influenced them or were influenced by them. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone died shortly after filming, while guitarist Johnny Ramone died soon after the film's release. Both are interviewed. Susan Sarandon introduces the film. Also: a preview of a movie about Joe Strummer, who is shown performing.

60 min

The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree

60 min

Imelda

60 min

Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion

How has Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, managed to court, coddle, use and abuse power for nearly four decades? News clips, propaganda films, home movies, verite footage and interviews with Marcos, her friends and her enemies reveal her methods.

60 min

Red Hook Justice

60 min

Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!

60 min

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

60 min

Brother to Brother

60 min