Independent Lens · SEASON 5
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
Episode 16 · 2004-02-24

- Documentary
Episode overview
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew is a film portrait of the now famous jazz vocalist who was "rediscovered" decades after he disappeared from the public eye. The documentary blends concert footage, rare photos and candid interviews with Jimmy Scott, his family and his colleagues.
60 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz2003-10-14
2. Foto-Novelas 2: `Junkyard Saints' and `Broken Sky'2003-10-21
3. Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America2003-10-28
4. A Wedding in Ramallah2003-11-04
5. Be Good, Smile Pretty2003-11-11
6. Livermore2003-11-25
7. Eroica!2003-12-09
8. Loaded Gun: Life and Death and Dickinson2003-12-16
9. Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad2003-12-23
10. Man Bites Shorts2003-12-30
11. Make 'Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story2004-01-13
12. Life Matters2004-01-20
13. Why Can't We Be a Family Again?; Downpour Resurfacing2004-01-27
14. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property2004-02-10
15. A Place of Our Oen
16. Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew2004-02-24
17. Sentencing the Victim2004-03-02
18. T-Shirt Travels2004-03-23
19. Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas2004-03-30
20. Love Inventory2004-04-13
21. Ram Dass: Fierce Grace2004-04-20
22. The Weather Underground2004-04-27
23. One Night at the Grand Star; Double Exposure2004-05-04
24. Refugee2004-05-11
25. Death of a Shaman2004-05-27
26. Cosmopolitan2004-06-01
27. Sumo East and West2004-06-08
28. The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out2004-06-15