As of July 2026, Independent Lens Season 9 aired in 2007 with 26 episodes — streaming now on YouTube TV. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Independent Lens Season 9

2007 26 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 7/10

Independent Lens Season 9 is currently streaming on and , and it treats its subject with more rigour than the format usually demands. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 16 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Worth watching in order, from the beginning — the cumulative effect is the point. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Independent Lens Season 9 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Independent Lens Season 9 approaches its subject with the rigour that makes documentary storytelling worth taking seriously. Season 9 of Independent Lens includes 26 episodes. It aired from October 2007 to June 2008. 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 2007. Documentary work at this level requires access that is hard to get and storytelling that does justice to it — Independent Lens Season 9 has both. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value Independent Lens Season 9. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. 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 9 — Episode Guide

E1
Wordplay
2007-10-16
Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable New York Times , where Will Shortz has been editor for 12 years. "Wordplay" presents an entertaining and informative look at Shortz' work and that of the puzzle constructors with whom he collaborates, as well as coverage o...
E2
Please Vote for Me
2007-10-23
This film follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for school monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held in a school in China. The three candidates campaign, holding debates and showing their intellectual and artistic skills, until one ...
E3
Storm of Emotions
2007-10-30
This is a film explores the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great social and political turmoil. Told from the perspective of the Israeli police force, this film explores how these individuals try to balance their emotions, beliefs and conscience whil...
E4
Red White Black & Blue
2007-11-06
U.S. soldiers who fought on the island of Attu in Alaska during WWII journey back to the location.
E5
Miss Navajo
2007-11-13
E6
The Creek Runs Red
2007-11-20
E8
The Paper
2007-12-11
Chronicles the pressure of a year in the life of Pennsylvania State University's Daily Collegian.
E9
An Unreasonable Man
2007-12-18
This program offers an unsparing look at Ralph Nader, one of the most important and controversial political figures of our time.
E10
Today's Man
2008-01-08
E11
A Son's Sacrifice
2008-01-22
Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down. The program brings the stem cell debate to the forefront and examines the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the contro...
E12
American Made
2008-01-22
E13
How Is Your Fish Today?
2008-01-29
While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao experiences writer's block and begins to live the life of the character he is trying to create.
E14
Banished
2008-02-19
E15
Hard Road Home
2008-02-26
Banished is a documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction America. In incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia and Indiana between 1886 and 1923.
E16
Iron Ladies of Liberia
2008-03-18
Follows two former felons in different stages of life "on the outside." / Examines the challenges faced by ex-convicts as they adjust to life after incarceration. The film focuses on the Exodus Transitional Community, a New York City-based organization (founded by Julio Medina).
E17
Compañeras
2008-04-01
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freelyelected female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and i...
E18
Water Flowing Together
2008-04-08
E19
Water Flowing Together
2008-04-08
Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican as well as gay, retired in June 2005 from the New York City Ballet after a 24-year career; this story climaxes with his emotional retirement at age 40. This is not a film solely for a ballet audience; it is also an exploration of identity, heritage, t...
E20
Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula
2008-05-06
King Corn is a feature documentary film released in October 2007 following college friends Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis as they move to Greene, Iowa to grow and farm an acre of corn. In the process, Cheney and Ellis examine the role that the increasing production of corn has for American society. Th...
E21
A Dream in Doubt
2008-05-20

🎭 Cast of Independent Lens Season 9

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

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