As of July 2026, Independent Lens Season 10 aired in 2008 with 25 episodes — streaming now on YouTube TV. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Independent Lens Season 10

2008 25 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

If you want a documentary that respects its subject, Independent Lens Season 10 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 16 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Independent Lens Season 10 is worth clearing space for. Independent Lens Season 10 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 10 of Independent Lens includes 25 episodes. It aired from October 2008 to June 2009. This season stars Susan Sarandon, Peter Coyote and America Ferrera. Susan Sarandon and Peter Coyote lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2008. Independent Lens Season 10 lets its subjects speak for themselves rather than shaping them into a predetermined narrative. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Independent Lens Season 10 is the kind of documentary you immediately want to recommend to someone else. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Susan Sarandon's involvement signals a level of access and cooperation that is hard to secure. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

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🎬 Independent Lens Season 10 — Episode Guide

E1
Chicago 10
2008-10-22
This program combines bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage to explore the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Set to the music of revolution, then and now, the film features the vocal talents of Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan Baker, Liev Schreiber...
E2
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
2008-10-28
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf addresses his ideas for a democratized society.
E3
Knee Deep
2008-11-06
Josh Osborne hatched a plan with his friends and relatives to kill his mother after she reneged on a deal which would have left the family farm to him.
E4
Lioness
2008-11-13
The story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat in violation of official policy. Without sufficient training but with a commitment to serve as needed, these young women ended up fighting in some of the bloodiest...
E5
March Point
2008-11-18
Meet Cody, Nick and Travis—three teenagers from the Swinomish Tribe. After hard times on the rez lead to rehab and drug court, they are offered an alternative: to make a documentary about the impact of two oil refineries on their community. A collaborative coming of age story, MARCH POINT follows th...
E6
The Atom Smashers
2008-11-25
THE ATOM SMASHERS explores what happens when politicians, not scientists, decide which scientific projects will be funded and which will be cut, and depicts the contradictions that arise when the most educated population in the world begins to doubt the place and value of science. Archival film and ...
E7
Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"
2008-12-16
Filmmaker Immy Humes presents a portrait of her father, the legendary forgotten novelist and counterculture icon Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. Doc’s friends and family—including Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Timothy Leary, William Stryon, Peter Matthiessen, Paul Auster, and Jonas Mekas—weaving togethe...
E8
Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
2008-12-16
This program tells the story of making a grand opera about the birth of the atomic bomb. This behind-the-scenes documentary follows composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars over the course of a year as they work to forge the tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer into a music drama like no other: the s...
E9
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
2008-12-23
his 50-minute documentary unfolds the creative journey of Albert Maysles' cult classic, GREY GARDENS - from non-fiction film to spectacularly mounted Broadway musical. Captured in the 1975 Maysles film, GREY GARDENS, the indomitable Edith Beale and her daughter Edie, aunt and cousin to Jacqueline Ke...
E10
Helvetica
2009-01-06
Helvetica is about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and th...
E11
Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
2009-02-03
Helvetica is about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and th...
E12
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
2009-02-03
America's original shock-jock, Petey Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison time to "tell it like it is," shocking and entertaining everyone from the ghetto to the White House. Narrated by Don Cheadle, "Adjust Your Color" looks at how Greene's explosive language and brash style unsettled...
E13
The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
2009-02-24
A lone undercover cop moves into a small farming town. By the end of the blazing summer of 1999, 46 people are arrested for selling cocaine—nearly all of them African American. It was heralded as one of the biggest drug busts in Texas history, until a team of lawyers set out to uncover the truth.
E14
The Order of Myths
2009-02-24
The doctrine, “separate but equal” ended in the 1950s, right? Think again. At America’s oldest Mardi Gras—celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama—events remain segregated between white and black residents. Beneath the surface of pageantry, lies a complex story about race relations and the ever-prese...
E15
Lakshmi and Me
2009-03-24
Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother's return to Iran during the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as he travels with his American wife to have a traditional Persian wedding and explore his lost heritage. In weaving the couple's personal story with historical footage, "...
E16
Recycle
2009-03-31
Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six years, Lakshmi has been doing just that for her employers—virtually unnoticed. That is, until one of Lakshmi’s employers begins to film her daily life on the job in Mumbai, India. In a deeply personal portrait, the film takes a...
E17
Milking the Rhino
2009-04-07
Abu Amar, an ex-Mujahideen soldier, is trying to build a peaceful life after years of fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war. "Recycle" follows Amar's daily life as he scours the streets to earn a meager living collecting cardboard to recycle while struggling with his faith and the social realities of li...
E18
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
2009-04-14
Everyone has seen a nature documentary with a ferocious kill on the Serengeti Plain. Well, here’s a different story about villagers navigating the dangers and costs of living with wildlife. After a century of “white man’s conservation,” the Maasai of Kenya and Namibia’s Himba people are vying to sha...
E19
Steal a Pencil for Me
2009-04-21
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. Under her leadership, their tree-planting grew into a nationwide movement to safegua...
E20
At Home in Utopia
2009-04-28
A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall...

🎭 Cast of Independent Lens Season 10

Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
America Ferrera
America Ferrera
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci

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