Independent Lens
Season 10 Episode 4 - Lioness
The story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat in violation of official policy. Without sufficient training but with a commitment to serve as needed, these young women ended up fighting in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq war. This film makes public, for the first time, this hidden history. / The experiences of "Team Lioness," female soldiers in Iraq who took part in house raids and patrols in order to interact with Iraqi women. In the process, they became involved in direct combat with the enemy, including in 2004 in Ramadi.
Episodes in Season 10
Chicago 10
60 min
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
60 min
Knee Deep
60 min
Lioness
60 min
March Point
60 min
The Atom Smashers
60 min
Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"
60 min
Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
60 min
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
60 min
Helvetica
60 min
Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
60 min
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
60 min
The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
60 min
The Order of Myths
60 min
Lakshmi and Me
60 min
Recycle
60 min
Milking the Rhino
60 min
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
60 min
Steal a Pencil for Me
60 min
At Home in Utopia
60 min
Wings of Defeat
60 min
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
60 min
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
60 min
Steal a Pencil for Me
60 min
Ask Not
60 min
