"First-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America's largest retirement community -- a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, [it] invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents, and one interloper, who are unable to find happiness within the community's pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography,...

A man with a humdrum life finds out he has only three months before he will die, and learns in those few months what it really means to live.

"Today's society places tremendous significance on physical appearance, material possessions and money. From a very young age, we are programmed to want more and more, and often place greater importance on 'things', rather than people and relationships. Jim Tuman illustrates how to get back in touch with the true essence of life through real-life stories .... He shows people of all ages how to cut through the barriers to create more loving, caring...

Compares Americans to the world population primarily in terms of one major indicator - our health and well-being (hospitals, doctors, health risks, etc.) Also compares Americans in terms of education and modern conveniences. The end of the videodisc features the person who is constitutionally elected to represent the people in your congressional district to deal with such issues at the federal level.