Independent Lens · SEASON 24

The Picture Taker

Episode 7 · 2023-01-30

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Episode overview

The vibrant life of Ernest Withers—civil rights photographer, and FBI informant—was anything but black and white. From his Memphis studio, Withers' nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?

86 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