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1) Poetry
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Korean
Description
A sixty-something woman, faced with a crippling medical diagnosis and the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment, and moral compass, of an elderly woman.
2) Zero bridge
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Kashmiri
Description
A truly independent film of integrity and offhand grace, Zero bridge tells the deeply affecting tale of a student and small-time criminal in Kashmir who develops a crush on an older, college educated woman.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Flying in the face of this culture’s extreme ageism, STILL DOING IT explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white, nine extraordinary women, 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. Outspoken for their generation these women mark a sea change. Women over 65 are already the fastest growing segment of the population...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The Action League Grannies have been spied on by the California National Guard. They've been written about in Time magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Jose Mercury News. They've appeared on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly, Jon Stewart's Comedy Central, and are regulars in Bay Area evening news stories. In public, they've been both booed and cheered, but they continue to protest with a sense of outrage, a sense of humor, and a commitment...
5) Starlet
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
English
Description
In the grotesque world of Los Angeles, Jane strives for filmic success--but all roads lead inevitably to degradation and the only stardom available is the world of pornography. But Jane has a friend besides her beloved Chihuahua Starlet: an 84-year-old widow named Sadie, whose lack of judgement and sharp kindness may just be Jane's way out.
Publisher
Weston Woods
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything...until she went for a walk in the woods one night. Hearing mysterious sounds behind her, clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap. It wasn't until the old lady heard, BOO, that she turned and ran for her life. Finally safe within her home, the old lady heard a loud KNOCK, KNOCK at the door. Will she open it?
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief of Matty and the Amazons, the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford because of Lady Ludlow's refusal to sell her land. Elsewhere Miss Matty?s...
9) Book Club
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four lifelong friends' lives are turned upside down when their book club attempts to shake things up by tackling the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.
11) Guarding Tess
Author
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Edition
Widescreen/Standard formats.
Language
English
Description
A delightful comedy about a cantankerous former First Lady and her reluctant bodyguard.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Special edition; Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Edition
[30th anniversary special edition.]
Language
English
Description
It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. There are a few people who have been half-century friends or acquaintances on the island, including Tisha Doughty and Joshua Brackett.
Language
English
Description
Fannie Fairchild is old and quite rude with the people in her life, and is having trouble trying to hire someone to keep flowers on her grave when she is gone. Young Louise comes along to care for Fannie in her old age. Will Fannie accept love from Louise, or continue the lonely life she's lived all these years?
Publisher
Touchstone Television
Edition
Full screen format.
Language
English
Description
Four not-so-old seniors have moved in together in a Florida home. They share the house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Dorothy's main goal is to find a companion she can relate to, while her mother, Sophia loves to tell "Picture this" type of stories. Rose is a little corny, but lovable never-the-less, and Blanche spends her time courting every man she can lay her hands on. All these fiesty seniors have either been divorced or widowed...
16) Poms
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is an uplifting comedy about Martha, a woman who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl, Olive, and Alice, proving that it's never too late to follow their dreams.
18) The locket
Language
English
Description
The story of a wise woman who teaches a troubled young man an invaluable lesson about not giving up easily in the quest for both real love and a fulfilling life.
19) The stone angel
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Language
English
Description
At 90, Hagar Shipley may be considered old, but she hasn't stopped fighting. As her son and daughter-in-law take her to a nursing home, Hagar resists and remembers a lifetime of boldness and courage.
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