The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

10m 23s

A magical-realist window into life with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Combining paintings and live-action footage to reveal the emotional depth of Samuel Geiger's physical world–with his partner, painter Lauryn Welch– while exploring disability, love, and the forms they take within the bodies and spaces we are given.

Aired: 07/23/23 | Expires: 07/23/27

Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.