Trailer | Jim Allison: Breakthrough

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing scientist from a small town in Texas who triumphed over a doubtful medical establishment to save innumerable lives around the world and win the Nobel Prize.

Preview Season 21 Episode 15 Length 00:30 Premiere: 04/27/20

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/27/20

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Length 16:31 Premiere Date 07/06/23

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Should We Kid or Not? Episode 4

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Should We Kid or Not? Episode 3

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Should We Kid or Not? Episode 2

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TV Schedules

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One with the Whale - S25 E13

An Alaska native family is blindsided when their son, the youngest ever to harpoon a whale for his village, is targeted by animal activists.

Wednesday April 24, 2024 8:30 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Storming Caesars Palace - S24 E10

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who fought for guaranteed income and took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.

Sunday April 28, 2024 8:00 pm ET on KET2
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Try Harder! - S23 E13

San Francisco's Lowell High School, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. Follow seniors as the pressure to impress admissions officers at elite universities intensifies.

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Space: The Longest Goodbye - S25 E14

NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation required by a Mars mission.

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The Donut King - S22 E14

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Razing Liberty Square - S25 E6

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A Thousand Pines - S25 E11

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Trailer | Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Recent Episodes

One With the Whale

Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

A Thousand Pines

Greener Pastures

Breaking The News

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

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Clips & Previews

Trailer | Jim Allison: Breakthrough

The Wondrous T-Cell | Jim Allison: Breakthrough

Independent Lens 2019-2020 Season Promo

Lois Vossen on Curation at Sundance

New Frontier: Sparking Innovation at Sundance

God Loves Uganda: Sundance Premiere

Outlawed in Pakistan: Sundance Premiere

Half the Sky: Jane Ngori Turns a House into a Home in Kenya

Rose Mapendo Shares Her Story to Inspire Action

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Beverly

Women and Girls Lead: Meet Sonia

Women and Girls Lead: Melanne Verveer Web Exclusive

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

Specials

After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology

D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology

First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology

1 Hour Cozy Yule Log | Independent Lens

Breaking Silence

LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4

Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3

Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2

Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1

Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go

Maletero

Underground

The Command Center to Bring Women Home

Brother

Our League

Folk Frontera

When I'm Her

The Great World of Gregory Blackstock

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 3

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 4

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2

Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1

Blind Love, Episode 7

Blind Love , Episode 6

Blind Love, Episode 5

Blind Love , Episode 4

Blind Love, Episode 3

Blind Love, Episode 2

Blind Love, Episode 1

American Nomads, Episode 6

American Nomads, Episode 5

American Nomads, Episode 4

American Nomads, Episode 3

American Nomads, Episode 2

American Nomads, Episode 1

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 6

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 5

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 4

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 3

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 2

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 5

alter-NATIVE: Kitchen, Episode 1

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 4

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 3

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 2

Should We Kid or Not? Episode 1

Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer

Jose and Mr. Ramos

Sophie and Ben

Never Conquered

TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film

The Rise of SWAT

The Black Panthers: Ericka Huggins

The Black Panthers: Jamal Joseph

County Clerk Changes History

TV Schedules