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- Blue End - Joseph Paul Jernigan was executed in Texas in 1993. He was then frozen in blue gelatin, planed off, millimeter by milimeter, and photographed. Now he lives forever as the Visible Human Project, the first completely digitized human being.
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- Charlotte - Based on the autobiographical series "Life or Theater?" by Charlotte Salomon, a young Jewish painter from Berlin, who sought refuge in Nice during World War II.
- Constant, Avant le Depart - Filmed shortly before Constant Nieuwenhuys' death, this is an intimate glimpse into the life and work of the painter, urban theorist, and influential member of the European avant-garde. (new September, 2006)
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- Death On Request - Controversial documentary records the last days - and actual death - of a Dutch man who chose euthanasia to end his suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Dream Deceivers - About a young Nevada man who claimed he put a shotgun to his own head because a recording by the rock group Judas Priest told him to.
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- Edward Said: The Last Interview - An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.
- Exit - Profiles the EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has counseled and accompanied the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice. (new April, 2006)
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- Facing Death - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's seminal book "On Death and Dying," brought her international fame. This intimate portrait was filmed in 2002, when she lived secluded in the desert, awaiting - as she says - her own death.
- First Kill - Compellingly brings out the contradictory feelings that war evokes - fear and anger, but also seduction, fascination and excitement. With Michael Herr (Apocalypse Now, Dispatches).
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- Hard Choices - 3- part series looks at how, in a large urban hospital, doctors, nurses, patients and their families grapple everyday with complex situations and difficult medical and ethical decisions.
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- Kaddish - A riveting profile of the children of Boro Park, New York, the largest Orthodox Jewish survivor community in the U.S.
- Khorma - When orphan Khorma becomes the professional announcer of marriages, births, and deaths in his small Tunisian town, things don't work out as he, or the townspeople, expect.
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- Mademoiselle and the Doctor - Lisette Nigot seems an unlikely candidate for euthanasia. At 79, she is in good health, feels no pain, and does not seem depressed. But she says she sees no reason to continue living. And Dr. Philip Nitschke is willing to help her.
- Monte Grande - How do body and mind exist as an integrated whole? The eminent neurobiologist Francisco Varela devoted his entire life to answering this question. Featuring His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama
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- The Vanishing Line - Chronicles one physician's exploration of how to try and meet the needs of the dying and their families.
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- Your Own True Self - Filmed at the Duplex nursing home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, this film provides a gentle challenge to our cultural fear of aging.
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