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First Aired: August 9th, 1999
Status: Continuing
Network: PBS
Summary: This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers and featuring unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history.
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Season 6
Episode 1: The Political Dr. Seuss
Air Date: October 26th, 2004
Summary: The Political Dr. Seuss is a 2004 documentary film written by Ron Lamothe, Eric Martin and Lois Vossen, and directed by Ron Lamothe.
Episode 2: Polka Time
Air Date: November 9th, 2004
Episode 3: Afghanistan Unveiled
Air Date: November 16th, 2004
Episode 4: Los Angeles Now
Air Date: November 23rd, 2004
Summary: 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.
Episode 5: The Day My God Died
Air Date: November 30th, 2004
Episode 6: Girl Wrestler
Air Date: December 14th, 2004
Episode 7: Fine; Doki-Doki
Air Date: December 21st, 2004
Episode 8: Short, Not Sweet
Air Date: December 28th, 2004
Episode 9: A Hard Straight
Air Date: January 4th, 2005
Episode 10: A Touch of Greatness
Air Date: January 11st, 2005
Episode 11: Power Trip
Air Date: January 25th, 2005
Episode 12: February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
Air Date: February 1st, 2005
Episode 14: Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry
Air Date: February 22nd, 2005
Episode 15: Sisters of '77
Air Date: March 1st, 2005
Summary: 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.
Episode 16: Sunset Story
Air Date: March 22nd, 2005
Episode 17: Let the Church Say Amen
Air Date: March 29th, 2005
Episode 18: A Lion's Trail
Air Date: April 5th, 2005
Episode 19: Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton
Air Date: April 12nd, 2005
Episode 20: End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again
Air Date: April 26th, 2005
Summary: 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.
Episode 21: The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree
Air Date: May 3rd, 2005
Episode 22: Imelda
Air Date: May 10th, 2005
Episode 23: Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion
Air Date: May 10th, 2005
Summary: 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.
Episode 24: Red Hook Justice
Air Date: May 24th, 2005
Episode 25: Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!
Air Date: May 31st, 2005
Episode 26: Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
Air Date: June 7th, 2005
Episode 27: Brother to Brother
Air Date: June 14th, 2005
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