Browse Films

Tell a Friend

Kicking High...In The Golden Years

by Grania Gurievitch

Managing the changes of advancing years

Synopsis
Reviews
awards/screenings
Study resources

To illustrate a positive approach to aging, Kicking High...in the Golden Years explores the lives of six African-American senior citizens, filmed in their homes, with their families and in their community. Framed within the rehearsals and final preformance of a stage production, participants reflect upon past experiences and present circumstances, and share some of their emotions and accumulated wisdom. This award-winning film reveals how each person's response to aging has yielded a life of joy, activity and fierce independence.

Professor Robert G. O'Meally
English and Afro-American Studies
Wesleyan University

full review

Mary Beth Morton, M.A.
Curriculum Specialist
Pensacola Junior College

full review

quote A collage of strength, acceptance, and dignity, coupled with beauty, laughter and love.
Judah L. Rouch, Ph.D.
The Gerontologist

quote This heartwarming, inspirational view of senior citizens focuses on seniors from St. Marks, a church in a black middle-class Queens, New York neighborhood.....The film presents a wonderful view of seniors, content with their past, happy with their present, extending their legacy to younger people. Students, seniors, and those working with seniors would benefit from this excellent film.
Library Journal

quote A dramatic portrayal of ways of dealing with both the highs and lows of being a 'senior.' It captures the experiences of older Americans realistically and emotionally.
National Council of Senior Citizens

More Reviews