Independent Lens · SEASON 24

Mama Bears

Episode 16 · 2023-06-20

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Episode overview

They call one another “mama bears” because of the ferocity with which they fight for their children’s rights. Although they grew up as fundamentalist, evangelical Christians praying for the souls of LGBTQ+ people, these mothers are now willing to risk losing friends, family, and faith communities to champion their kids—even if it challenges their belief systems and rips apart their worlds.

85 minutes

Season 24 episodes

1. Hazing2022-09-12 2. TikTok, Boom.2022-10-24 3. Move Me2022-11-07 4. Children of Las Brisas2023-01-02 5. The Big Payback2023-01-16 6. No Straight Lines2023-01-23 7. The Picture Taker2023-01-30 8. Outta the Muck2023-02-06 9. Love in the Time of Fentanyl2023-02-13 10. Storming Caesars Palace2023-03-20 11. Hidden Letters2023-03-27 12. Free Chol Soo Lee2023-04-24 13. Matter of Mind: My ALS2023-05-01 14. Sam Now2023-05-08 15. Silent Beauty2023-05-15 16. Mama Bears2023-06-20