Film Cluster: Young at Heart
When: Wednesday, May 07, 2008, 6:45 pm
Where: Alamo South Lamar
Contact: Nina Hess-Hsu [ninahess@hotmail.com...]
The Film Cluster will meet on Wednesday, May 7 to watch Young at Heart at the Alamo South Lamar. Please meet our group in the lobby at 6:45 p.m.
"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."
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If you're interested in Film Cluster activities or have any questions, please contact Nina Hess.