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New England once hunted and killed humans for money. We’re descendents of the survivors
Photograph: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris/AP For more than 10,000 years, the Wabanaki peoples have been living in a region called the Dawnland. Captain John Smith rebranded the area “New England” in a map he made in 1614. He and the other colonial settlers renamed rivers and villages to claim the land for themselves and erase Native people from their homelands. But that wasn’t enough. Eventually colonial officials introduced a grisly incentive to hasten that erasure: bounties for dead Native Americans.
9to5: The Story of a Movement - Trailer
availablepublic21395https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/9to5-the-story-of-a-movement-trailer/3047794337cove213959to5: The Story of a Movement | TrailerThey couldn’t kill their bosses, so they did the next best thing — they organized.When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in the early 1970s.
Watch JARED LETO'S A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA on the PBS Video App
availablepublic20858https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/a-day-in-the-life-of-america/3047789693cove20858A Day in the Life of AmericaJuly 4th, 2017: 92 film crews, 24 hours, a snapshot of a nation on the verge of upheaval.Director Jared Leto crafts a sweeping yet intimate cross-section of America shot on a single July 4th in 2017 with 92 film crews fanning out across each of the United States and Puerto Rico to capture A Day in the Life of America.
Official Trailer | A WOMAN'S WORK | PBS
availablepublic21385https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/a-womans-work-trailer/3047789392cove21385Trailer | A Woman's WorkMeet the NFL's most exploited athletes — the cheerleaders.A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem sheds light on the continued fight to end the gender pay gap prevalent throughout the National Football League, chronicling the journeys of cheerleaders from the Raiders and the Bills, each of whom put their careers on the line to take legal action and fight for...
Watch BELLY OF THE BEAST on the PBS Video App
availablepublic21352https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/belly-of-the-beast/3047788177cove21352Belly of the BeastTwo women investigate a shocking pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons.An unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, shielded by prison officials and doctors, and wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Watch BELLY OF THE BEAST on the PBS Video App
availablepublic20852https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/belly-of-the-beast-trailer/3047787915cove20852Trailer | Belly of the BeastTwo women investigate a shocking pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons.An unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, shielded by prison officials and doctors, and wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
Watch Jonathan Scott's Power Trip on the PBS Video App
availablepublic20846https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/jonathan-scotts-power-trip-trailer/3047273250cove20846Trailer | Jonathan Scott's Power TripThe “Property Brother” journeys across the U.S. to explore the battle over solar energy.In Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, the HGTV home makeover guru shines a light on the obstacles and opportunities for America’s solar industry, following fossil fuel monopolies that halt the growth of renewable energy while visiting with politicians, coal...
Watch JONATHAN SCOTT'S POWER TRIP on the PBS Video App
availablepublic21308https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/jonathan-scotts-power-trip/3047787596cove21308Jonathan Scott's Power TripThe “Property Brother” journeys across the U.S. to explore the battle over solar energy.In Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, the HGTV home makeover guru shines a light on the obstacles and opportunities for America’s solar industry, following fossil fuel monopolies that halt the growth of renewable energy while visiting with politicians, coal miners, solar panel...
Official Trailer | REPRESENT | PBS
Local elections, especially those in smaller cities in Middle America, are often overlooked by national media, even though the dynamics at play can mirror — and even predict — the ebb and flow of America’s large-scale political landscape. Represent follows three women running for office in the heart of the Midwest leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, as they take on entrenched local political networks and fight to reshape politics on their own terms.
Stream BLOOD BROTHER on PBS
availableall_members14114https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/blood-brother-full-film/2365904645cove14114Blood BrotherAn intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who traveled to India as a disillusioned tourist.An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who traveled to India as a disillusioned tourist.
How This Navajo Chef Brings His Native Food Traditions Back | alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 1
availablepublic19368https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/how-this-navajo-chef-brings-his-native-food-traditions-back-alter-native-kitchen-ep-1/3035465182cove19368alter-NATIVE: Kitchen Ep. 1How This Navajo Chef Brings His Native Food Traditions BackBrian Yazzie, a Diné/Navajo traveling chef, does presentations demonstrating Native cooking across the country while mentoring Native youth.
The Interpreters
availablepublic19111http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-interpreters/3033253528cove19111The InterpretersAfghan and Iraqi interpreters risked their lives aiding US troops.
Decade of Fire - Trailer
availablepublic18915http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/trailer-decade-of-fire/3033163195cove18915Trailer | Decade of FireDecade of Fire covers the shocking story of when the South Bronx was on fire in the '70s.Decade of Fire covers a shocking but untold piece of American urban history, when the South Bronx was on fire in the 1970s. Left unprotected by the city government, nearly a quarter-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multiethnic neighborhood burned to the ground.
Stream MADE IN BOISE on PBS
availablepublic19100http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/made-in-boise/3034314465cove19100Made in BoiseMade in Boise offers a rare glimpse at surrogates carrying children for intended parents.In Boise, nurses, nail technicians, and stay-at-home mothers are choosing to become paid reproductive surrogates for people from around the world.
The Good Money Issue
Native Americans, however, have been hollering for generations about the global impact of fossil fuels and the poisoning of water, land, and fish from mining, industrial farming, and industry to anybody who would listen. Native folks knew that eventually nonindigenous people would hear them and realize that no one is immune to the fallout from the colonialism and corporate greed that drives so much of our economy with little concern for the planet’s health.
The Judge - Full Film
availablepublic17745http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-judge/3016083184cove17745The JudgeWatch this title up to December 3rd.The Judge provides rare insight into Shari'a law (Islamic law), an often misunderstood legal framework for Muslims, told through the eyes of the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East's religious courts.2018-11-19 21:00publish2018-12-04 02:59:59December 4, 2018disabledhidefalse17719Man on Fire - TrailerMan on Fire premieres on PBS’s Independent...
Stream THE CLEANERS on PBS
availablepublic17698http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-cleaners/3016083047cove17698The CleanersWatch this film up to November 26th.Social media sites have been under intense pressure to monitor and delete offensive, pornographic, and incendiary posts.
Independent Lens | The Cleaners | Trailer | PBS
availablepublic17594http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-cleaners-trailer/3017560870cove17594The Cleaners - TrailerThe Cleaners premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 12, 2018."Delete...Ignore...Delete… Ignore…" Someone is out there censoring your social media feed. Do their decisions distort your understanding of the world as much as clever hoaxes and "fake news"?
- Alaska Public Media
More events coming soon! Check this page for updates. Covering a Crisis: A Discussion with Alaska Public Media Reporters Join Alaska Public Media News Director Lori Townsend, and reporters Liz Ruskin, Nat Herz, and Andrew Kitchenman, for a discussion of our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. How have we stayed on top of a quickly changing news landscape? How have we decided what to prioritize? How do we do our jobs responsibly and ethically, without adding risk to ourselves or the public?
No Man's Land | Inside 2016 Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Standoff | Independent Lens | PBS
With unfettered access, filmmaker David Byars gives a detailed, on-the-ground account of the 2016 standoff between protesters occupying Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and federal authorities during a 41-day siege. No Man’s Land documents the occupation from inception to demise and tells the story of those on the inside of this movement, attempting to uncover what draws Americans — the ideologues, the disenfranchised, and the dangerously quixotic — to the edge of revolution.
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