| Thursday Oct 23, 2014 6:15 PM - Thursday Oct 23, 2014 8:15 PM | $18.00 - $20.00 |
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"I Know a Woman Like That" - High Falls Film Festival Opening Night Film
Join Emmy winner Elaine Madsen for an in-person post-screening question and answer session (beginning at 7:15pm). Then please join us immediately after this special screening, as she will be our special guest at our Opening Night Gala at the Century Club!
Directed by: Emmy winner Elaine Madsen
Produced by: Academy Award Nominee, Virginia Madsen (Elaine's daughter)
Genre: Documentary (98 minutes)
Country: US, Language: English
Featuring: Elaine Madsen, Virginia Madsen, Eartha KItt, Rita Moreno, Lauren Hutton
Opening night film: Thursday, October 23, 2014; second showing (matinee) Friday, October 24, 2014.
Synopsis:
The world is full of women who sidestepped retirement to pursue their passion. In this inspiring documentary, Emmy winner Elaine Madsen alongside her actress daughter, Virginia Madsen sits down with more than a dozen of them to document the amazing generation of women passionately engaged in vivid endeavors at a time when the world expects women to be reclining in rocking chairs.
It features Eartha Kitt, Rita Moreno and Lauren Hutton along with women in a wide variety of activities including a 95 year who water skis competitively, writers, artists, and business women and grandmothers relishing life. The film offers its audience a look at the unexpected future awaiting us.
Review:
"I Know a Woman Like That" [is] transformative in the way it regards life from the perspective of age. Director Elaine Madsen talks intimately with 16 women in their 70s or above, who didn't put life on pause but kept right on living. --Roger Ebert.
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LocationLittle Theater 1 (View)
240 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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