Independent Lens - Season 27

First aired: 10/6/2025 4 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Aired: 10/6/2025

Phil Sharp's RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.

Episode 2

2. Ratified

Aired: 10/20/2025

A bipartisan coalition continues a century-long fight to add gender equality into the Constitution.

Episode 3

3. Life After

Aired: 10/27/2025

Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy, and systemic failures can make death seem like the only option. With gripping stories and a personal mission, Life After explores who gets real choice, and who doesn’t, in life and death.

Episode 4

4. Vivien's Wild Ride

Aired: 1/26/2026

When legendary film editor Vivien Hillgrove begins losing her sight, she confronts memories of loss and resilience while reinventing herself as an artist with a disability. From her groundbreaking career in cinema to her life on a small farm with her partner, Karen, Vivien’s story reveals how creativity, care, and connection can reshape what it means to see and belong.