Independent Lens · SEASON 16
1971
Episode 17 · 2015-05-18

- Documentary
Episode overview
The story of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, which broke into an FBI field office in Media, Pa., on the night of March 8, 1971, and stole hundreds of secret files that they then shared with members of Congress and the news media. Among the finds: evidence that the FBI spied on dissident political groups. The documentary includes remarks from members of the Citizens' Commission.
60 minutes
Season 16 episodes
1. Bully2014-10-13
2. Twin Sisters2014-10-20
3. Brakeless2014-10-27
4. Powerless2014-11-03
5. Happiness2014-11-17
6. Rich Hill2015-01-05
7. Evolution of a Criminal2015-01-12
8. The Kill Team / Confusion Through Sand2015-01-19
9. Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People2015-02-16
10. American Denial2015-02-23
11. Little White Lie2015-03-23
12. Little Hope Was Arson / A City in Flames2015-04-06
13. The Homestretch2015-04-13
14. The Great Invisible2015-04-20
15. Kumu Hina2015-05-04
16. Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity2015-05-11
17. 19712015-05-18
18. Limited Partnership2015-06-15
19. In the Shadow of Ebola2015-06-22