Independent Lens Season 24 Episode 7 - The Picture Taker

Airdate: 2023-Jan-30

Episode summary:

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?

About Independent Lens series:

Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.