ABOUT LFFoA
DEAR FILM LOVERS
Our 2011 Legacy Film Festival on Aging was launched successfully on May 13-15, at the Viz Cinema in San Francisco.
Our mission for the festival is unchanged, and our efforts intensified: To present films that inspire, educate and entertain intergenerational audiences about the issues surrounding aging.
The global population of older adults is expanding rapidly. Thanks to health care innovations and the burgeoning baby boomer generation, there are currently 95 million people in the U.S. over the age of fifty, with 40 million of them over the age of 65.
The new realities of aging are creating fresh views of later life that will challenge many aspects of our society, both policy-wise and personally.
With your participation, we can make the Legacy Film Festival on Aging an annual event, allowing younger people to see their potential in later years and older people to appreciate their journey during senior years.
We believe that everyone, no matter one's age, will be enriched and entertained.
Sheila Malkind, MA, MPH, Executive Director
Legacy Film Festival on Aging
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and SF State are delighted to co-sponsor the Legacy Film Festival on Aging. As a gift for your attendance at the festival, you will receive a complimentary membership to OLLI — a learning community for seasoned adults 50+ who enjoy the challenge, stimulation and quest for continued growth. In a university setting, OLLI provides courses, discussion groups, lectures and activities that expand, enrich and engage like-minded lifelong learners. Founded at SF State in 2003, OLLI is comprised of 120 institutes nationwide funded with grants from The Bernard Osher Foundation. Visit olli.sfsu.edu or call 415-817-4243 for more information.
Debra M. Varner, Director
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
SF State College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-817-4243
dvarner@sfsu.edu |
olli.sfsu.edu
Our Mission
To present a film festival in the San Francisco Bay Area with films that connect, inspire, educate and entertain intergenerational audiences about the issues surrounding aging.- We wish to stimulate new perspectives about the possibilities for vital involvement in later years, and to portray the variety and vitality of later life experiences.
- Despite the challenges of aging, we can make sense of the events of later life through artistic depictions of older adults — those who have adapted with creativity, courage and growth.
Viewer Comments
We only wish we could have seen every one (of the films). Maybe next time!
I found it very compelling to see film presented as a way to foster a different understanding about aging.
Who would have thought growing old was so hard? The films only add to the support. I really, truly think they can make a difference in others’ lives and I think they serve a far greater purpose than just entertainment.
With such a large aging population I can’t think of anything more inspiring than being able to see how others cope.
LFFoA TEAM
Sheila Malkind
Howard Bloomberg
Amy Hittner
Alan Klaum
For sponsorship, support and volunteer opportunities
please contact us at info@legacyfilmfestivalonaging.org.
Your donations are greatly appreciated.
You may also make a donation by check to
Legacy Film Festival on Aging
Mail to: Legacy Film Festival on Aging
237 Eureka St, San Francisco CA 94114