En Route to Baghdadby Simone Duarte En Route to Baghdad is a portrait of the peacekeeping career of former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, whose death in a 2003 Baghdad bombing attack became a tragic metaphor for the effort to bring stability to Iraq. Independent Lens, Global Voices | |
End of the Century: The Ramonesby Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia End of the Century follows punk progenitors The Ramones through more than two decades of touring, recording, and bickering. Independent Lens | |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Roomby Alex Gibney An Academy Award-nominated study of one of the biggest business scandals in American history, this film chronicles a corporate disaster in which executives walked away with over $1 billion, leaving investors and employees with nothing. Independent Lens | |
Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomasby Jonathan Robinson Every Child is Born a Poet is a multimedia chronicle of Nuyorican author Piri Thomas’s transformation from gang member and prison convict to acclaimed writer, activist, and educator. True Stories, Independent Lens | |
February One: The Story of the Greensboro Fourby Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing One day at a Woolworth lunch counter, four young men changed the course of history. Independent Lens | |
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadwayby Kelly and Lou Gonda, with Albert Maysles How did two women living in unimaginable squalor and total isolation become legendary icons? And how did their gothic story end up as, of all things, a Broadway musical? Independent Lens | |
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographerby Nancy Schiesari A look at the life of one of America’s great women photographers, one of the first staff photographers at LIFE magazine, whose Depression-era photos and commitment to social justice inspired concerned artists everywhere. Independent Lens | |
Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukaiby Charlotte Lagarde and Lisa Denker A portrait of Hawaiian surf legend and community activist Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn, who died of breast cancer at age 47. Independent Lens, True Stories | |
Herb & Dorothyby Megumi Sasaki A couple of modest means manages to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Independent Lens | |
Herskovits at the Heart of Blacknessby Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers, and Vincent Brown Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness examines the life and work of the Jewish anthropologist Melville Herskovits, whose writings challenged prevailing notions of race and culture. Independent Lens |
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