Independent Lens
This Emmy award-winning series is like an independent film festival in your living room. Each episode introduces new documentaries and dramas made by independent thinkers: filmmakers who are taking creative risks, calling their own shots and finding untold stories in unexpected places.
Independent Lens Previous Broadcasts
Precious Knowledge (Episode #1323)
KQED 9: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is born at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED Life: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
- KQED Life: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
- KQED Channel 9: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
- KQED 9: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
The Longoria Affair (Episode #1204H)
KQED World: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 9:00 PM
Private Felix Longoria fought and died while fighting the Japanese during World War II. But when his body was sent back his small hometown in Texas, the only funeral parlor there refused to hold a wake for the Mexican American GI because "the whites would not like it." The incident would ripple outward, launching the career of Lyndon B. Johnson, landing the undertaker in a mental institution, engendering hostile recriminations for the next 50 years, and launching the Mexican American civil rights movement.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 -- 3:00 AM
Objectified (Episode #1107)
KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit ("Helvetica") looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Step inside the offices of the world's most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us - oftentimes without us even knowing it.
Between The Folds (Episode #1108)
KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 -- 4:00 AM
Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity and meaning.
Objectified (Episode #1107)
KQED Plus: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
How does the design of your cell phone, toothbrush or couch impact your life? Did you ever stop to think about it? Director Gary Hustwit ("Helvetica") looks at our complex relationship with manufactured objects, the people who design them and the creative process behind their work. Step inside the offices of the world's most influential product designers to see how these objects influence us - oftentimes without us even knowing it.
Between The Folds (Episode #1108)
KQED Plus: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 -- 10:00 PM
Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity and meaning.
TV Technical Issues
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Audio Issue KQED DT 9.1 /25.1
UPDATE: Audio has been restored, please report any issues! If you?re still experiencing audio issues, you may need to rescan your television. Visit kqed.org/54move to learn how. Thank you for your patience while we resolve the issue!
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KQED will no longer broadcast the KQEH signal from Monument Peak Tower effective 1/17/2018
KQED will be removing its over-the-air television signal from the Monument Peak Tower in the San Jose area on January 17, 2018 (Note: this maintenance was previously scheduled for December 15, 2017). KQED will now broadcast our full suite of channels (KQED 9, KQED Plus, KQED World and PBS Kids) on Channel 9 and 54 … Continue reading KQED will no longer broadcast the KQEH signal from Monument Peak Tower effective 1/17/2018
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KQED LIFE OFF AIR Friday, December 15
KQED will no longer offer the KQED Life channel beginning Friday, December 15. Several of the most popular exercise, cooking and lifestyle programs exclusive to KQED Life will now be scheduled on KQED Plus and KQED 9, where they can be experienced by more viewers. View/Download Schedule
TV ? Transmitter Status
To view previous issues and how they were resolved, go to our TV Technical Issues page.
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