*anyway*
This one is about a choir made up of seniors. British documentary filmaker Stephen Walker was blown away by the group when he saw them at London's famed Lyric Theatre. He said that the audience was made up mostly of young people in their 20s and 30s, but was clearly a cross-generational phenomenon.
By the time the curtain fell, Walker was passionate about the whole endeavour and started looking for financial backing. Because the choir was based in Massachusetts, Walker approached American broadcasters but was turned down, so he ended up back in the UK for the cash.
Put simply, Young @ Heart shows old people who look their age. They have wrinkles and walkers, oxygen tanks and colostomy bags, terminal cancers and hair growth in unlikely places.
However, Walker's documentary ensured human integrity. Although he could have taken an exploitative role, he realized that this was a complex story. I love what he says:
"If you call old people cute, you're marginalizing them...You're essentially saying they're irrelevant. This movie addresses those attitudes about older people. I think it also gets into our understanding of mortality, and this incredible level of denial that surrounds death."
I think I'll go see this one.
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I'm going to look for that one. And I'm taking my kids with me to see it!
Okay, gotta look this one up now! I want to prepare myself for old age NOW. But I grew up with lots of "old" people around. My life was richer for having them around - and I never called them "cute."
Peace - D
Sounds wonderful and I wish I could see it, too. Love your spring avatar, btw. [Sorry I've been a bad visitor lately, Leslie - have been unwell.]
Hi mm and momma Thanks for dropping by. I'll let you know if I see it what it's like. I might just take the bus into the city and walk the few blocks to the theatre on a nice spring afternoon to catch the matinee.
Hi Welsh So sorry to hear you've been unwell. Hope you're feeling much better now.
I remember this story and would like to see lots more people singing their hearts and souls delight, it is so uplifting.
Sounds like a film I might like. Luckily online although I don't disguise my age, I am judged by my words and not by my wrinkles and grey hair.
Sounds good. you'll have to let us know what it's like.
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