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Best of Fest Film Descriptions
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  Backseat Bingo
This clever animated video effectively dispels societal preconceptions about romance and older adults. A refreshingly candid group of 70-, 80-, and 90- something older adults share personal revelations on their continued need for love and intimacy. |
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»6 Minutes »Purchase only: $79.00 »Item Code BSB
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Beauty Before Age
This award-winning video critically examines the power of youth, beauty and the fear of aging in the gay male community. Interviews with younger and older gay males offer a rare perspective on society’s obsession with physical appearance. Points out the need for all individuals, regardless of gender preferences, or age, to accept aging as a positive experience.
Produced and Directed by Johnny Symons
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»22 minutes »Purchase: $125 »Rental: $65 »Item Code S/BBA
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Big Mama
Academy-award-winning documentary about Viola Dees, age 89, also known as ‘Big Mama’, who cares for her l2-year-old grandson, Walter, whose parents are absent. But is she the best person to raise him? Over the course of 18 months, Big Mama suffers serious health problems, with severe emotional consequences for Walter. While contending with her own declining health, and a bureaucratic social and legal system, Dees fights the misconception that age supersedes one’s ability to love and care for a child. "When, exactly, are you too old to love your own grandchild?” she asks.
Directed by Tracy Seretean
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»39 minutes »Purchase only: $69.95 »Item Code S/BM
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Flowers for Charlie
Charlie, in his early seventies, boards the local bus one morning and ushers in a sense of cheer and warmth that soon engages many of the younger riders, despite themselves. Laced with humor, the video builds quickly to a surprising and emotive climax. As an elder role model, Charlie presents an empowering image of older adulthood.
Produced and Directed by Mark Heller-Wade
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»11 minutes »Purchase: $99 »Rental: $39 »Item Code FFC
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Inside/Out
A woman’s poetic struggle to deal with Bell’s Palsy – a disease that has left half her face paralyzed. With artistry and frankness, the narrator explores how our face, and entire physical appearance, can both mask and expose us. This short but insightful video will trigger feelings and reflection on an issue faced by most of us in a society that has a hard time dealing with the physical effects of aging.
Directed by Jennifer Petrucelli |
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»8 minutes »Purchase: $79 »Rental: $39 »Item Code IO
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Something Else
Psychotherapist Emily Atwater is hired to determine eccentric Arthur Munson’s mental competency. The problem? He’s covered his house with 50,000 beer cans. Is Arthur Munson a folk artist or certifiable? The filmmaker was inspired by the lifework of John Milkovich, who, with his wife’s blessing, transformed their simple home into a magical world or an eyesore, based on one’s perspective. A delightful story about the way we choose to live our lives.
Directed by Charlene Crandall |
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»19 minutes »Purchase: $89 »Rental: $39 »Item Code S/SE
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 String Worms at Budd Terrace
Joan O’Sullivan has Lewy Body Disease, a form of dementia. Or does she? Could the ‘string worms’ the doctors call hallucinations be real, rapidly infecting the facility where Joan, the filmmaker’s mother, lives? This film—riveting and intimate, sometimes humorous, sometimes sad-is a story about life, love, family, and dementia. |
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»71 Minutes »Purchase: $149.00 »Rental: $55.00 »Item Code SWB
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The Yard People: An Intergenerational Love Story
An inspirational documentary about a lively group of African-American couples who came together in Buffalo, New York during the l940’s, and tore down the fences in their back yards to create a more neighborly and supportive environment . Now in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, they remain friends today due to their celebrations of intergenerational love that they have ritualized in the form of “yard parties” and community activism.
Directed by W. Joye Hardiman
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»29 minutes »Purchase: $99 »Rental: $39 »Item Code S/YP
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 Two Thousand
Sometimes humorous, always intriguing, this video shows the unique bond shared by children and older adults. Full of delight and surprise, the video starts with a baby and a l00-year-old woman, and then moves on with other short, unrehearsed interplays between pairs of a child and an older adult. (The combined ages of each pair add up to l00, and the total pairs add up to 2,000).
Directed by Steen Moller Rasmussen
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»29 minutes »Purchase: $99 »Rental: $39 »Item Code TWO
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