Stories of people trying to do exactly what the doctors say they can't — or shouldn't.
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Act One
Road Trip
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz decided to go on a last big trip with his father, Hy, who has Alzheimer's. Joel also brought his own son. The purpose of the trip? To try to get close to a part of Hy's personality that Alzheimer's had eradicated, and to see if it might be possible to jump start some of his memories. Joel and his son decided to make a movie of the trip. We hear some of the very funny, very moving raw footage. The film, Pop, aired on the PBS program Frontline. (32 minutes)
Act Two
My World Record
A hemophiliac teenager who tries to set world records and to motocross. (13 minutes)
Act Three
Iron Man
Mark O'Brien is a writer in California, who lives most of each day in an iron lung, thanks to a childhood case of polio. It's an excerpt from Jessica Yu's Oscar-winning documentary. (6 minutes)
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