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When doctors classified homosexuality as a mental illness to be “cured,” they employed cruel treatments like electroshock and lobotomies. LGBTQ+ activists and their allies fought back — and won a momentous victory when the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its manual of mental disorders in 1973.
S23 E1 Length 54:25 Premiere: 10.11.21

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Ferguson Rises - S23 E2

The film explores the depths of the protests following Michael Brown Jr.'s killing through the eyes of his father, Michael Brown Sr., and diverse voices in the community of Ferguson, Missouri.

  • Monday November 8, 2021 10:00 pm ET on KET
  • Monday November 8, 2021 9:00 pm CT on KET
  • Wednesday November 10, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
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Storm Lake - S23 E3

Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a Pulitzer-winning newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its share of changes. Editor Art Cullen and his family dedicate themselves to keeping the paper alive as local journalism across the country dies out.

  • Monday November 15, 2021 10:00 pm ET on KET
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  • Wednesday November 17, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
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Duty Free - S23 E4

Fired from a lifelong job, a 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures.

  • Monday November 22, 2021 10:00 pm ET on KET
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Home from School: The Children of Carlisle - S23 E5

Northern Arapaho tribal members travel from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve the remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s.

  • Tuesday November 23, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
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Cured - S23 E1

  • Wednesday October 13, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
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Season 23 Episodes

Cured
S23 E1 Length 54:25 Premiere Date 10.11.21

Trailer | Cured
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10.11.21

Trailer | Independent Lens Fall 2021 Season
Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 8.12.21

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Beverly
Clip Length 03:24 Premiere Date 3.1.12

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Sonia
Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 3.1.12

Women and Girls Lead: Melanne Verveer Web Exclusive
Clip Length 01:14 Premiere Date 3.1.12

Half the Sky: Desmond Tutu's Message About Manmade Customs

Clip Length 01:18 Premiere Date 3.1.12

Rose Mapendo Shares Her Story to Inspire Action
Clip Length 09:47 Premiere Date 3.22.12

Half the Sky: Jane Ngori Turns a House into a Home in Kenya
Clip Length 07:37 Premiere Date 9.30.12

Lois Vossen on Curation at Sundance
Clip Length 03:29 Premiere Date 1.24.13

New Frontier: Sparking Innovation at Sundance
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 1.24.13

God Loves Uganda: Sundance Premiere
Clip Length 03:08 Premiere Date 1.24.13

Outlawed in Pakistan: Sundance Premiere
Clip Length 02:35 Premiere Date 1.24.13

From Sundance to Oscar: Profile of Filmmaker David France
Clip Length 02:23 Premiere Date 1.24.13

Specials

When I'm Her
Length 14:30 Premiere Date 6.21.21

Senior Prom
Length 14:02 Premiere Date 6.1.21

The Dancing Man of L.A.
Length 25:57 Premiere Date 5.24.21

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock
Length 10:38 Premiere Date 4.30.21

American Nomads Short Film
Length 16:29 Premiere Date 1.11.21

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 4
Length 12:44 Premiere Date 9.21.20

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 3
Length 11:57 Premiere Date 9.21.20

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2
Length 11:56 Premiere Date 9.21.20

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1
Length 10:37 Premiere Date 9.21.20

The Debate
Length 11:05 Premiere Date 7.1.20

Blind Love, Episode 7
Length 10:32 Premiere Date 2.20.20

Blind Love , Episode 6
Length 08:43 Premiere Date 2.19.20

Blind Love, Episode 5
Length 08:28 Premiere Date 2.18.20

Blind Love , Episode 4
Length 08:51 Premiere Date 2.17.20

Blind Love, Episode 3
Length 09:04 Premiere Date 2.16.20

Blind Love, Episode 2
Length 09:41 Premiere Date 2.15.20

Blind Love, Episode 1
Length 08:58 Premiere Date 2.14.20

American Nomads, Episode 6
Length 05:40 Premiere Date 1.8.20

American Nomads, Episode 5
Length 06:00 Premiere Date 1.7.20

American Nomads, Episode 4
Length 05:45 Premiere Date 1.6.20

American Nomads, Episode 3
Length 06:21 Premiere Date 1.5.20

American Nomads, Episode 2
Length 06:30 Premiere Date 1.4.20

American Nomads, Episode 1
Length 05:24 Premiere Date 1.3.20

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 6
Length 08:08 Premiere Date 11.24.19

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 5
Length 05:09 Premiere Date 11.23.19

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 4
Length 05:45 Premiere Date 11.22.19

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 3
Length 06:06 Premiere Date 11.21.19

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 2
Length 05:48 Premiere Date 11.20.19

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 5
Length 07:59 Premiere Date 11.19.19

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 1
Length 05:30 Premiere Date 11.19.19

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 4
Length 08:46 Premiere Date 11.18.19

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 3
Length 08:45 Premiere Date 11.17.19

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 2
Length 08:12 Premiere Date 11.16.19

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 1
Length 07:51 Premiere Date 11.15.19

Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer
Length 08:19 Premiere Date 9.7.17

Jose and Mr. Ramos
Length 09:57 Premiere Date 8.7.17

Sophie and Ben
Length 12:14 Premiere Date 7.31.17

Never Conquered
Length 10:07 Premiere Date 7.28.17

We Are All Newtown - Part 1
Length 09:12 Premiere Date 4.3.17

We Are All Newtown - Part 3
Length 10:28 Premiere Date 4.3.17

TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film
Length 05:24 Premiere Date 2.14.17

The Rise of SWAT
Length 02:01 Premiere Date 5.8.16

The Black Panthers: Jamal Joseph
Premiere Date 2.16.16

The Black Panthers: Ericka Huggins
Premiere Date 2.16.16

County Clerk Changes History
Length 05:02 Premiere Date 6.14.15

Baby Mama High
Length 21:18 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Immigrant High
Length 17:10 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Skipping Up
Length 16:37 Premiere Date 9.24.13

I Really Want to Make It
Length 15:16 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Can't Hold Me Back
Length 17:43 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Preparatoria de Madres Solteras
Length 21:18 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Colegio Inmigrante
Length 17:10 Premiere Date 9.24.13

¡Avancemos!
Length 16:37 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Realmente Quiero Tener Éxito
Length 15:16 Premiere Date 9.24.13

Nada Me Detiene
Length 17:43 Premiere Date 9.24.13

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