Independent Lens · SEASON 21
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
Episode 15 · 2020-04-27
- Documentary
Episode overview
The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is an homage to an unconventional superhero — a pioneering, harmonica-playing scientist from a small town in Texas who triumphed over a doubtful medical establishment to save innumerable lives around the world and win the Nobel Prize.
60 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. Made in Boise2019-10-28
2. Decade of Fire2019-11-04
3. The Interpreters2019-11-11
4. Conscience Point; Jewel's Hunt2019-11-18
5. ATTLA2019-12-16
6. Accept the Call2020-01-20
7. The First Rainbow Coalition2020-01-27
8. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code2020-02-03
9. Leftover Women2020-02-10
10. We Believe In Dinosaurs2020-02-17
11. Always in Season2020-02-24
12. One Child Nation2020-03-20
13. Bedlam2020-04-13
14. The Hottest August2020-04-20
15. Jim Allison: Breakthrough2020-04-27
16. Rewind2020-05-11
17. Eating Up Easter2020-05-25
18. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project2020-06-15
19. Pipe Dreams2020-06-22
