Independent Lens Movie Trailers
Most Popular Independent Lens Trailers
Total trailers found: 35
Storm Lake Trailer (2021)
02 June 2021
A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
The Force Trailer (2017)
22 January 2017
The Force presents a cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
And So It Begins Trailer (2024)
21 August 2024
Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nation against deepening threats to truth and democracy.
Cured Trailer (2020)
24 August 2020
Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
Coded Bias Trailer (2020)
11 November 2020
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.
Women in Blue Trailer (2021)
08 February 2021
Following three female police officers in Minneapolis, Women in Blue charts their progress and efforts to remake the department to become more inclusive.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Trailer (2018)
29 June 2018
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
Feels Good Man Trailer (2020)
04 September 2020
When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.
I Am Not Your Negro Trailer (2017)
03 February 2017
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Mr. SOUL! Trailer (2018)
27 April 2018
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage.
1971 Trailer (2014)
18 April 2014
Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to leak stolen documents and expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans in an era of anti-war activism.
Represent Trailer (2020)
14 August 2020
In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.
A Reckoning in Boston Trailer (2021)
07 May 2021
Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston.
Down a Dark Stairwell Trailer (2020)
11 June 2020
Set in motion by a tragic police-involved shooting, two communities of color navigate fraught perceptions of injustice, inequality, and discrimination in the eyes of the law.
Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore Trailer (2019)
15 April 2019
The latest film from acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (Kind Hearted Woman, Country Boys, The Farmer's Wife), Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore examines the US immigration system through the lives of two unforgettable protagonists whose lives reveal the human cost of deportation.
Apart Trailer (2021)
29 April 2021
In the US Midwest, plagued with opioid abuse and rising incarceration rates for women, three unforgettable mothers return home from prison to rebuild their lives after years of separation from their children.
Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen Trailer (2024)
11 November 2024
Riddled with survivor’s guilt after his unit lost 17 men during “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan, Marine veteran Anthony Marquez makes it his mission to reconnect with the Gold Star families of the fallen.
Unrest Trailer (2017)
20 October 2017
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head.
Tower Trailer (2016)
13 March 2016
Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.
Belly of the Beast Trailer (2020)
11 June 2020
When a courageous young woman and a radical lawyer discover a pattern of illegal involuntary sterilizations in California’s women’s prison system, they take to the courtroom to wage a near-impossible battle against the Department of Corrections.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Trailer (2015)
08 March 2015
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
National Bird Trailer (2016)
14 October 2016
Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they played in this controversial method of attack.
The Donut King Trailer (2020)
24 August 2020
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry: the doughnut.
Dolores Trailer (2017)
20 January 2017
Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez.
The People vs. Agent Orange Trailer (2020)
24 September 2020
Two women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable for the Agent Orange catastrophe. Incriminating documents disappear.
The Kill Team Trailer (2013)
15 October 2013
In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in Afghanistan.
Bulletproof Trailer (2020)
28 May 2020
Bulletproof explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it.
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution Trailer (2025)
05 February 2025
The 1977 discovery of RNA splicing by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Kentucky farm boy turned Nobel-prize winning scientist, set the stage for a revolution in molecular biology, enabling research into a new class of medicines predicated on recombinant DNA techniques ranging from the development of synthetic insulin and human growth hormone to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Detropia Trailer (2012)
07 September 2012
Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story Trailer (2011)
01 March 2011
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for the murder of a 43-year-old man. Cyntoia was a prostitute and he was her client.
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s Trailer (2025)
05 May 2025
Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s is an intimate portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheimer’s and how this progressive neurodegenerative disease transforms roles and relationships.
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Trailer (2017)
23 January 2017
A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field.
9to5: The Story of a Movement Trailer (2020)
19 June 2020
In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough.
Ratified Trailer (2024)
25 August 2024
Ratified is a feature documentary about the 100-year struggle for constitutional gender equality, an inspiring story of a multi-racial, multi-generational, bi-partisan effort to make Virginia the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
The Homestretch Trailer (2014)
19 June 2014
Three homeless teenagers brave Chicago winters, the pressures of high school, and life alone on the streets to build a brighter future.
