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Featured Funded Films

When Claude Got Shot

Three strangers – brought together by gun violence – humanize and disrupt the narrative about so-called “black on black” crime in America.
Down a Dark Stairwell

A Chinese American cop shoots and kills an innocent black man; suddenly two marginalized communities must navigate an uneven criminal justice system together.
Philly D.A.

A groundbreaking documentary series embedded inside the long shot election and tumultuous first term of Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's unapologetic District Attorney, and his experiment to upend the criminal justice system from the inside out.

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Independent Lens Brings "Stories for Justice" to PBS
February 4, 2021

Documentary storytelling pipeline will support increased understanding of the inequities in the justice system and inspire local civic dialogue about reform
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Lois Vossen Elected to Television Academy Board of Governors Executive Committee
January 6, 2021

Lois Vossen has been the executive producer of Independent Lens since the show's inception as a primetime series on PBS.

PBS’s showcase of independent documentaries and ITVS-funded stories like Mr. SOUL!