And Thou Shalt Honor...by Harry Wiland and Dale Bell This two-part series explores the increasing role caregiving for aging loved ones in the lives of all Americans, regardless of income, ethnic background, or geographic location. | |
Chinaby Jeffrey Wray When a sick, elderly man zealously takes up martial arts, his marriage is put to the test in this surprising drama of love challenged and renewed. | |
The Cracker Manby Bruce Kuerten and John DiJulio An offbeat drama of a life deferred: a woman struggles with duty, flirts with possibility, and ultimately survives catastrophic change. | |
Double Exposureby Kit-Yin Snyder An artist and self-proclaimed “old Chinese lady” sets out to explore her own identity and prove it’s never too late to take a risk by making her first film at the age of 68. Independent Lens | |
A Family Undertakingby Elizabeth Westrate Examining the home funeral, a growing new trend in America’s approach to death, this documentary looks at the range of complex psychological, legal, and financial issues that surround funerary services and probes America’s collective attitudes toward life’s only inevitability. POV, True Stories | |
For Better or For Worseby David Collier They still find romance in the most unexpected places and they still argue about the smallest things. Five couples, still together after more than 50 years, have a few choice words for a divorce-prone generation. POV, True Stories | |
Front Wards, Back Wardsby William C. Rogers Fernald State School, America’s first institution for individuals with developmental disabilities, was founded in Massachusetts in 1848 and still operates today. It stands as a powerful case study of an endeavor in which the best of intentions go awry. | |
Golden Threadsby Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton Profiling the life of lesbian activist Christine Burton, Golden Threads is about growing old in America. POV | |
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? |
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