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Directed by Stephen Walker
rated PG, 2 hr 15 min
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Since 1982, Young@Heart, a chorus composed of senior citizens, has entertained audiences at home and abroad with unique renditions of punk, rock, and rhythm-and-blues songs by musicians as disparate as the Clash, Coldplay, and James Brown. With a new show titled "Alive and Well" six weeks away, Young@Heart's taskmaster choral director has six new songs for these inspiring elders to learn, from Sonic Youth's discordant "Schizophrenia" to Allen Toussaint's tongue-twisting "Yes, We Can Can."
This is no mere novelty act for its members. Young@Heart is at once a serious musical undertaking, a supportive community, and a way to stay active and engaged when society often expects seniors to be passive and quiet. The group's eclectic and entertaining repertoire shines a spotlight on taboos about old age—the Clash's "Should I Stay, or Should I Go?" becomes an amusing meditation on life and death, while Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" serves as a haunting ode to lost youth and fallen friends.
While the chorus prepares for the concert, some members struggle with serious health problems, impressing us even further with the special challenges the group faces. Funny, poignant, and inspirational, Stephen Walker's intimate documentary demonstrates that the Young@Heart chorus only gets better with age. --© Sundance Film Festival
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| 05/09 |
Friday |
4:50, 7:10, 9:30 |
| 05/10 |
Saturday |
12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 |
| 05/11 |
Sunday |
12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 |
| 05/12 |
Monday |
4:50, 7:10 |
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Tuesday |
4:50, 7:10 |
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Wednesday |
4:50, 7:10 |
| 05/15 |
Thursday |
4:50, 7:10 |
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Directed by Tom McCarthy
rated PG-13, 1 hr 43 min
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A lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration authorities, in the sophomore feature from The Station Agent director Tom McCarthy. Years after losing his wife, sixty-two year old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) has also lost his passion for writing and teaching. In an effort to fill the empty void that his life has become, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to learn to play classical piano. Later, when Walter's college sends him to a conference in Manhattan, he is surprised to discover that a young couple has moved into his seldom-used apartment in the city. Tarek (Haaz Sleiman and his Senegalese girlfriend Zainab (Danai Gurira) have fallen victims to an elaborate real estate scam, and as a result they have no longer have a place to call home. When Walter reluctantly allows the couple to remain in his apartment, talented musician Tarek insists on repaying his host's kindness by teaching him to play the African drum. Over the course of Walter's lessons, the ageing academic finds his spirits revitalized while gaining a newfound appreciation for New York jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. Later, Tarek is arrested in the subway and threatened with deportation after police learn that he is an undocumented citizen. Suddenly, in his attempt to help his newfound friend, Walter's passion for life is unexpectedly awakened. When Tarek's radiant mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) arrives in the city in search of her son, that passion turns to romance - something that Walter had previously thought he would never experience again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| 05/09 |
Friday |
5:10, 7:30, 9:45 |
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Saturday |
12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 |
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Sunday |
12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 |
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Monday |
5:10, 7:30 |
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Tuesday |
5:10, 7:30 |
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Wednesday |
5:10, 7:30 |
| 05/15 |
Thursday |
5:10, 7:30 |
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