Year: 2018
Country:
GERMANY
Language:
English
Run Time:
75 minutes
Regardless of who or what you are, we all have one thing in common: we age. How we age is where the differences lie. Welcome to Sun City, Arizona, the first retirement community of its kind in the world for people 55 or older. There are golf courses, extra wide streets, and amenities all geared to an aging but active population. VERY SENIOR–ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING introduces us to some of the residents. Unflinchingly staring mortality in the face, this group of men and women are mostly too busy living to be bothered much about dying. There are elaborate Broadway-style shows to produce, golf to play, sex to be had, and hobbies to pursue. There is even a senior punk band named One Foot In The Grave, whose members perform their hit, Menopause, for you. In short, this is the stuff of life. While the sad realities of aging are present here, so is an uplifting defiance towards them. This documentary is an eye-opener for those who foolishly think “old” means “over.” —C.R.
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Friday, April 05, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Cleveland Museum of Art - Lecture Hall
Saturday, April 06, 2019 at 12:40 PM
Competitions
Ad Hoc Docs Competition
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Related Daily Postings
Age: It's Only a Number
Director
Susan Gluth
Susan Gluth studied documentary direction at the University in Munich (HFF). Since then, she photographs and produces her own documentaries and works regularly as a cameraperson. Subject matter has included social topics in Africa, female laundry workers in Germany, and an ongoing project about Sting’s guitarist, Dominic Miller.
Filmography
L'amour chez Tati (1999), Nulla si sa, tutto s'immagina - secondo Fellini (2002), Soap and Water (2008), Playing Hooky – Getting Old is Not for Sissies (2014), Urmila: My Memory is My Power (2016), VERY SENIOR – ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING (2018)
Producer
Susan Gluth
Cinematography
Susan Gluth
Editing
Xavier Box, Susan Gluth
MAGNETFILM GmbH
http://magnetfilm.de
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