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1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 74 minutes |
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Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by True Vision Productions in 2012. |
| Summary |
An affectionate portrayal of being old today. Three Golden Oldies pass on their astute and humorous insights on becoming old and poor, and the stark choices they now face in their twilight years. Full of wisdom, independent spirit and hard earned perspective. Makes you ask, "Could this happen to me?" We are living longer than ever before. As one 102 year old says in this affectionate and surprisingly lighthearted documentary says "We're living too long. They should shoot you when you're 60!" For the majority the long years we now face beyond retirement may at some point become a daunting prospect. Even those who were affluentin their working years, will now potentially face hard times in their old age the longer we live. Almost one in five of us will now reach our hundredth birthday. This film focuses on three remarkable Golden Oldies, struggling on the bare minimum to maintain their independence and stay out of the dreaded clutches of the care home. Doris is 84, who won't let a living soul (including the film-maker) inside her chaotic Clacton home - for fear that social services will take it away from her. Feisty Kitty in Exeter is also 84. She shows us her Kate Moss inspired knicker and bra collection, and dreams of a miracle cure to an illness like most dream of winning the lottery. And then there's relatively youthful and charismatic Frank from Liverpool, who at 72 has lost his family to emigration and with no one left has lost the will to carry on - but not his intelligence or tragic humour. Self-imprisoned in his own home like a character from a Samuel Beckett play, his neighbours rarely see him. He hasn't had a bath in years - mainly because he doesn't have one. He's reminiscent of an older, helpless Boo Radley from Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird. This film gives voice to our oldest generation who now live on the margins of our 21st century Welfare Society. Awards Winner - Older People in Media Award - Best Factual TV Programme - in 2013 "Nick Poyntz's film is a tender and poignant portrayal of living on a low income in later life and will make you both laugh and cry" - Rob Mansfield - Age UK. "This is a wonderful documentary by Nick Poyntz, poignant and startling... ; He gradually draws us into these compelling stories, grim with their backdrop of poverty, violence and declining mental health but always laced with humour and affection." - Toby Dantzic - The Daily Telegraph "This compassionate, understated film introduces three people ... who regard the dying of the light with weary stoicism." - Andrew Mueller - The Guardian. "This moving film gives voice to the elderly who lives next door, whose lives are spent fighting to stave off loneliness and keep their independence" - David Chater - The Times. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Indexed Term |
Everyday Health |
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Human Rights |
| Added Author |
Poyntz, Nick, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1134910 Kanopy |
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