Independent Lens · SEASON 13
Precious Knowledge
Episode 23 · 2012-05-17
- Documentary
Episode overview
When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back. This modern civil rights struggle is happening at the epicenter of the immigration debate in the age of identity politics.
60 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. Wham! Bam! Islam!2011-10-13
2. Donor Unknown2011-10-20
3. Lives Worth Living2011-10-27
4. Deaf Jam2011-11-03
5. We Still Live Here -- as Nutayunean2011-11-17
6. The Woodmans2011-12-22
7. These Amazing Shadows2011-12-29
8. Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Road to Resistance2012-01-12
9. Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The New Generation2012-01-12
10. Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto2012-01-19
11. Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line2012-01-19
12. Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Free at Last2012-01-26
13. Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock2012-02-02
14. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-19752012-02-09
15. More Than A Month2012-02-16
16. You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't2012-03-30
17. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey2012-04-05
18. When the Drum Is Beating2012-04-12
19. Revenge of the Electric Car2012-04-19
20. Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison2012-04-26
21. Circo2012-05-03
22. Summer Pasture2012-05-10
23. Precious Knowledge2012-05-17
24. Left by the Ship2012-05-24
25. Hell and Back Again2012-05-28
26. We Were Here2012-06-07
27. Strong!2012-06-26
