Goodbye Soloby Ramin Bahrani An elderly man hires Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, to drive him to a mountaintop in North Carolina where he plans to commit suicide. Independent Lens | |
Granny D Goes to Washingtonby Alidra Solday and Janet Cole What happens when an 89-year-old idealist decides to walk across the country to demand that Washington lawmakers clean up their act? | |
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadwayby Kelly and Lou Gonda, with Albert Maysles How did two women living in unimaginable squalor and total isolation become legendary icons? And how did their gothic story end up as, of all things, a Broadway musical? Independent Lens | |
Herb & Dorothyby Megumi Sasaki A couple of modest means manages to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Independent Lens | |
Here Comes Uncle Joeby Wooyoung Choi and Sinae Ha Smiles, loves, and tears are shared between 800 old people in 15 remote villages in South Korea, and the only deliveryman, Uncle Joe, who connects them with the modern world. Global Perspectives Collection | |
Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hayby Eric Slade and Jack Walsh Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay examines how through a landmark lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, activist Harry Hay and his group, the Mattachine Society, changed the face of gay rights in America. | |
I.M. Pei: Building China Modernby Eugene Shirley After 70 years in the U.S., renowned architect I.M. Pei returns to his ancestral home of Suzhou, China to build a modern museum in this ancient city. American Masters | |
Life Begins at Rewirementby Trevin Matcek Simon Ender struggles with his decision to commit his elderly mother into a revolutionary nursing home alternative that has solved the rapidly growing Senior Citizen overpopulation. FUTURESTATES | |
Maggie Growlsby Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater Outraged by being forced to retire at the age of 65, Maggie Kuhn formed the Gray Panthers to fight against mandatory retirement and ageism and improved society's treatment of older Americans. Independent Lens | |
Nine to Ninetyby Alicia Dwyer In this intimate portrait of three generations of an Italian American family, 89-year-old Phyllis Sabatini realizes that sometimes the best way to say “I love you” is to say “goodbye.” |
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