Now you can watch several full docs originally aired as part of Independent Lens, online! Topics range from Shaolin monks in America to the controversial issue of stem cell research — 10 docs from the 2003-2008 seasons have recently been made available.

ITVS and Snagfilms have teamed up to stream these films.
(note: snagfilms do start with a :30 second commercial, but do stream the films uninterrupted)

Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America (originally aired October 28, 2003)
Five Shaolin Temple fighting monks from China are looking to bring their kungfu moves and Zen Buddhism to the United States.
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Sentencing the Victim (originally aired March 2, 2004)
The story of rape victim Joanna Katz and her ordeal with the justice system.
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Polka Time (originally aired November 9, 2004)
A look at a polka festival that has been a tradition in Gibbon, Minnesota for over 30 years.
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The Day My God Died (originally aired November 30, 2004)
A documentary on the child sex trade in Bombay.
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Sisters of ‘77 (originally aired March 1, 2005)
This film looks back at the 1977 National Women’s Conference that was attended by 20,000 women.
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The Loss of Nameless Things (originally aired February 28, 2006)
The story of then-emerging young playwright Oakley Hall III whose accident changed the course of his life.
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Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire (originally aired November 7, 2006)
The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist is the subject of this documentary film narrated by Tom Brokaw.
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Red White Black and Blue (originally aired November 6, 2007)
Two American World War II veterans return to the battlefield of Attu, an island in Alaska that was invaded by the Japanese army in 1942.
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Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (originally aired January 15, 2008)
After his daughter injures her spine, a neurologist researches using stem cells that becomes par of the debate between science and spiritual beliefs.
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A Dream In Doubt (originally aired May 20, 2008)
A Sikh immigrant copes with losing a brother to violence in post-9/11 America.
Watch now.