This documentary features people in their 90s and 100s who are living extraordinary and passionate lives. Filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz has interviewed some of the most incredible people you can imagine - people who aren't aware of chronological age at all, but live as though the future and youth spring eternal. We meet and fall in love with a wide range of engaging characters. For starters: Nola Ochs receives her master�s degree just three months shy of her 99th birthday. Folk singer Pete Seeger, 90, uses his music to change the world. Fan Benno-Caris runs for City Council in Addison, Texas, at the age of 91. Katie Brown, 91, bakes and serves cinnamon rolls five days a week. Marlow Cowan, 91, and his wife Frances have over 7 million views on youtube.com playing the piano in the lobby of Mayo Clinic. Annell and Dr. Ernest Rogers, both nonagenarians, recently got married in a formal church wedding. There�s lovely-hearted Leola Dillard, 97, a Charity Organizer in Yazoo City, Mississippi. John Finn, nearly 100, is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during Pearl Harbor. Laura Simon, 103, is an artist/author, working on her second book about her life. Granny D (Doris Haddock), age 100, is a feisty political activist who marches across the country. Les Lieber, age 96, plays his saxophone at Jazz at Noon every Friday in New York City. Don Pellmann, 94, is a Senior Olympics Gold Medal winner, and we see him easily doing the pole vault. Harry Rakoff, 94, saunters along the Coney Island Boardwalk, taking a break from his high-paced job driving a taxi in the heart of New York City. We sit at their feet for words of advice, witnessing how they forgot to grow old and are always curious to see what�s going to happen next. Putting it succinctly, "You can drive yourself nuts worrying about things you can't do anything about. Instead you should be exhilarated about living every day passionately." Over 90 and Loving It will inspire people across the age spectrum. We all need heroes and heroines to emulate and this film will reach the hearts and minds of all of us who want to have a full life. "A charming and uplifting film that inspires us |
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Featuring: Don Pellmann Marlow Cowan Katie Brown Annell Rogers Ernest Rogers Pete Seeger Harry Rakoff Nola Ochs Les Lieber Leola Dillard John Finn Laura Simon Fan Benno-Caris Doris "Granny D" Haddock Camera: Rob Amato Charlie Beyer Benjamin Bloodwell Paul Hickey Manny Miranda Antonio Rossi Steve Skinner Andy Wood Location sound mixers: Stacy Brownrigg Gabriel Cyr Ron Dicianni Al Feurebach Michael Jones CJ Larsen David Mendez Tony Raymond Chad Robertson Odus Trober |
Creative and technical consultant: Stephen Schutz Sound Editor: Matthew Polis Online post-production services: Final Frame Post Online editor: Joseph Lee Colorist: Joseph Lee Marlow Cowan piano footage: Mayo Clinic Sharon Turner Jody Turner Hume NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams: Courtesy NBC News Archives Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Granny D walking footage: Judy Woodruff Courtesy CNN Courtesy KTVT-TV Courtesy WJLA -TV Les Lieber concert footage: National Arts Club Production Assistant - Chris Chandler Nola Ochs graduation footage: Courtesy of Kurt Beyers Fort Hays University Andy Tincknell |
Rogers wedding footage: Courtesy of Oakwood University Church Media Department Pete Seeger concert footage: Class of Teri Udell Howland Cultural Center Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Devon Micone Tao-Rodriguez-Seeger Laura Simon Interview: Kim Mazyck, Montezuma Publishing Special thanks: : KPBS Kurt Beyers Fran Cowan Different by Design Swayze Dillard Edith Lieber Ruth Meyer Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Marlo Poras Raymond Wilson, Ph.D Peter Yarrow |
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