True Lives is a series from American Documentary, Inc., producer of PBS's acclaimed independent documentary series POV The series revisits classic films from the POV archive, as well as important documentaries never aired on public television, providing evergreen award-winning programs to the public television system. The third installment of True Lives will be distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

Alan Berliner puts his late grandfather, Joseph Cassuto, at the center of a personal, single-family saga that shines a light into the silent, shadowy corners that are present in all families. When the film premiered at the New York Film Festival, The New York Times called it 'a rich, tumultuous portrait of family life with a powerful, bittersweet universality.'