Very Senior - Attitude is everything

Biography/Everyday life, Germany 2018

They come to die, but leave it having lived! In Sun City, a retirement community in the Arizona desert, a compelling cast of senior citizens share their many truths about the process of aging, their excitement, fear, joy and pain. Shimmering like a verdant mirage, the custom-built private municipality offers residents a unique design for living but they are all facing the same reality: time is running out. How do you deal with daily life and still manage to enjoy it when death is just around the corner - and the corporation that runs your town only sells to people who are at least 55 years of age? With attitude! At least, taxes are low in sun city. This 98.4% white, low-crime private community does not have to pay for childcare or a town hall. A lot of what would be municipal services elsewhere is either run by volunteers or privately. Does this kind of segregation lead to happiness?
74 min
SD
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Audio language:
German

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Director:

Susan Gluth

Writer:

Susan Gluth

Composer:

Cico Beck

Producer:

Susan Gluth

Original title:

Very Senior - Attitude is everything

Original language:

English

Further titles:

Gestorben wird Morgen

Format:

16:9 SD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 0

Audio language:

German