4320 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647 en-us P.O.V. (a cinema term for "point of view") is public television's award-winning showcase for independent non-fiction films. © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/resources/files/programs/100x100/647.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647 100 100 On call 24 hours a day for the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting nearly 800,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. This film is an intimate look at three of these greeters as they confront the universal losses that come with aging and rediscover their reason for living. Bill Knight, Jerry Mundy and Joan Gaudet find the strength to overcome their personal battles and transform their lives through service. This inspirational and surprising story shatters the stereotypes of today's senior citizens as the greeters redefine the meaning of community. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2213/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2213/rss Sun, 22 Nov 09 23:00:00 -0700 This is a story about a wall - the separations it's meant to enforce and the unintended ones to which it gives birth. The security wall being constructed by Israel on the West Bank has divided Palestinian families and communities. It has also isolated the Catholic-run Our Lady of Sorrows nursing home outside Jerusalem, leaving its feisty residents to face old age in the throes of one of the world's most bitter conflicts. With beautiful imagery, moments of laughter and use of a quietly eccentric older guide, "This Way Up" examines the social,economic and religious barriers that arise from physical ones. By Georgi Lazarevski. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2208/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2208/rss Sun, 27 Dec 09 23:00:00 -0700 Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, this documentary is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist. Following Smith's personal reflections over a decade,the film explores her many art forms and the friends and poets who inspired her - William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Robert Mapplethorpe and Michael Stipe. She emerges as a crucial, contemporary link between the Beats, punks and today's music. Shot in lush, dark tones, featuring rare performance clips and narrated by the artist herself, "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" is an impressionistic journal of a multi-faceted artist that underscores her unique place in American culture. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2214/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/647-2214/rss Wed, 30 Dec 09 21:00:00 -0700