Long-Distance Calls
films about, for, with & by seniors

​Open Signal, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Also screened at We're Still Here, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
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​I was invited by Open Signal to screen I am a beautiful beached whale by the Straits, a film about my grandmothers, and curate a night of films around it. I decided to make it a senior-centric night and created an open call for amateur films about, for, with, by seniors. I also conducted a workshop at Hollywood Senior Center (HSC) about making simple films shot on iPhone. I then met with each senior to edit their film.

At the end of the screening we had a Q&A with the filmmakers present, including seniors from HSC and younger people who made films about their grandparents.
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​/// This night of films considers what senior-centric content means and questions who filmmakers are, while celebrating the raw, wise, wrinkled, different. Programming includes films from an open call for amateur senior-centric films and films made by seniors following a filmmaking workshop at the Hollywood Senior Center. ///

The final line-up was:

Sympathetic Listener
Rachel Hines

The Adventures of Teresa at the Manor
Teresa Mandzij
 
Ode to Spring + Goodbye Baby
Tracy Cutts
 
Women Climate Activists
Donna Murphy
 
Westward Wagon 1959
Iris Young
 
Chipmunks Making Balloons
Gavriel Kedem
 
In Your Dreams
Jacqui Jackson
 
I am a beautiful beached whale by the Straits
Xi Jie Ng (Salty)
 
Through the Seasons with Felix & his Bag of Tricks
Lara Colburn & Rich LaSasso
 
Flowers In Bloom
Hadar Kedem
 
a daysie with maysie
Carol Pernar