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The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My LifeWhen this documentary was produced, its main subject, Alice Herz-Sommer, was 10...
01/17/2025

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
When this documentary was produced, its main subject, Alice Herz-Sommer, was 109 years old. Alice was born in 1903 in Prague, where her parents were involved in the literary and musical milieu of the early twentieth century. She began playing the piano at an early age and went on to become a well-known concert pianist.

Her career was cut short when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=the+lady+in+number+6&id=7666

IngaInga opens and ends with two major entries (Kapitels or “chapters”) she writes in her journal. The first and briefer...
01/15/2025

Inga
Inga opens and ends with two major entries (Kapitels or “chapters”) she writes in her journal. The first and briefer is “Love.” In her poetic vocal narrative, she offers her views of love’s evolving meanings and changing phases across the life span.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=inga&id=7666

Being 97This thought-filled, evocative video focuses on Herbert Fingarette, 97-year-old grandfather of videographer Andr...
01/14/2025

Being 97
This thought-filled, evocative video focuses on Herbert Fingarette, 97-year-old grandfather of videographer Andrew Hasse. During his distinguished career, Fingarette spent 40 years as a philosophy teacher at UC Santa Barbara. He was a prolific contributor to published works in several philosophical venues. Fingarette serves as the sole narrator of his own musings.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=Being+97&id=7666

Good Luck to You, Leo GrandeWith an acerbic script by British writer Katy Brand and Australian director Sophie Hyde at t...
10/16/2024

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
With an acerbic script by British writer Katy Brand and Australian director Sophie Hyde at the helm, Leo Grande has a modest premise. Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) is a retired religious education secondary school teacher who has been widowed for 2 years. As she describes it, her marriage (and the perfunctory s*x), was less a “furnace of passion” and more like “the cooling draw of an Aga oven.” Nancy hires young, handsome s*x worker Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack), to explore what she has missed out on for the last 30 odd years. https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=good+luck&id=7666

Advanced StyleAdvanced Style is a documentary, released 6 years after Ari Seth Cohen, an urban photographer, started a b...
10/02/2024

Advanced Style
Advanced Style is a documentary, released 6 years after Ari Seth Cohen, an urban photographer, started a blog by the same name at just 26 years old. The film and blog, as well as four books, feature women aged 60 plus who possess elegant and eccentric fashion sense. Cohen admits the project began as “a way to connect with [his] grandmother” who encouraged him to explore the belief that age is no barrier to an intentional appearance.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=advanced&id=7666

The Mole AgentHave you ever wished to be a “fly on the wall” in a residential care facility so you could observe the kin...
09/25/2024

The Mole Agent
Have you ever wished to be a “fly on the wall” in a residential care facility so you could observe the kind of care being given to a family member, or just to see the kind of dynamic being played out between residents and staff? Watching "The Mole Agent" will give you a sense of what that would be like.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=the+mole+agent&id=7666

Life and Death in Assisted Living (reviewed by Eilon Caspi, PhD)The PBS/ProPublica investigation of Emeritus revealed sy...
09/17/2024

Life and Death in Assisted Living (reviewed by Eilon Caspi, PhD)
The PBS/ProPublica investigation of Emeritus revealed systemic neglect resulting in the death of several older adults with dementia. The film describes the traumas experienced by the residents caused by these incidents and the devastation to their families.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=life+and+death&id=7666

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer'sDetermined: Fighting Alzheimer’s introduces us to a remarkable and dynamic longitudinal ...
09/12/2024

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's
Determined: Fighting Alzheimer’s introduces us to a remarkable and dynamic longitudinal study begun in 2001 that tracks a community-based sample of adult children with parents diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=determined&id=7666

Alzheimer's: What You Can Do (Parts 1 and 2)"Alzheimer’s: What You Can Do" presents a hope-filled, holistic lifestyle in...
09/11/2024

Alzheimer's: What You Can Do (Parts 1 and 2)
"Alzheimer’s: What You Can Do" presents a hope-filled, holistic lifestyle intervention model that attempts to reduce the impact of multiple personal risk factors causally associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=alzheimer%27s%3A+what&id=7666

Last Will and Embezzlement: Scholastic EditionAt the outset of Last Will and Embezzlement: Scholastic Edition, the narra...
08/13/2024

Last Will and Embezzlement: Scholastic Edition
At the outset of Last Will and Embezzlement: Scholastic Edition, the narrator states, “Of all of the illicit and illegal enterprises in the world, it is the criminal’s dream. It requires the least amount of risk, requires minimum outlay, can be done right from your living room, and is virtually unreported by its victims.” The “it” he is referring to is elder exploitation or financial abuse.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=last+will+and&id=7666

"He Wouldn't Turn Me Loose": The Sexual Abuse Case of 96-Year-Old Miss Mary"I have never failed to be moved and disturbe...
07/30/2024

"He Wouldn't Turn Me Loose": The Sexual Abuse Case of 96-Year-Old Miss Mary
"I have never failed to be moved and disturbed by such cases. Thus, I steeled myself going in for my viewing of 'He Wouldn’t Turn Me Loose.' My preparation failed miserably. I believe it is unlikely that most viewers will ever encounter another case of elder abuse as deeply disturbing and astonishingly cruel."
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=turn+me+loose&id=7666

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07/24/2024

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Lifting Up the Voices of Older SurvivorsLifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors is a smartly conceived, highly useful o...
07/23/2024

Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors
Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors is a smartly conceived, highly useful online platform comprised of nine brief “stand alone” videos and neatly designed supporting materials targeting elder abuse. We have reviewed other informative videos dealing with elder abuse in the past (Scheidt, 2012, 2017). However, Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors is unique.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=lifting+up+the+voices&id=7666

I Care A LotThe film, I Care a Lot, presents a highly dramatized portrayal of how a conniving and shameless guardian, Ma...
07/11/2024

I Care A Lot
The film, I Care a Lot, presents a highly dramatized portrayal of how a conniving and shameless guardian, Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), uses the unfettered power of guardianship to gain access to the money and possessions of those under her care and control.
https://www.moviesaboutaging.org/?s=i+care++a+lot&id=7666

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