YOUNG AT HEART

Palm Beach Premiere
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 7:15 pm
U.S.A., 1987.

Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Directors.
English. 30 minutes. Beta video.

Winner of the 1987 Academy Award for Best Documentary, this is a real-life fairy-tale about a widow and a widower, both artists, who meet in their eighties, court, and marry. Each experienced tragedies in life, but refuse to withdraw from life. Together, they reaffirm that love and romance can happen at any age for the clear-eyed and open-hearted.

Together with...

THE PERSONALS

Wednesday, Dec. 15, 7:15 pm
U.S.A., 1998

Keiko Ibi, Director.
English. 37 minutes. Beta video.

Winner of this year’s Oscar for best short documentary, The Personals follows a group of single Jewish senior citizens as they rehearse a play based on their own experiences of looking for dates through personal ads. On stage, they perform with energy and laughter. Off-stage, they share their thoughts on love, sex, and loneliness.

And also with...

MAH-JONGG: THE TILES THAT BIND

Palm Beach Premiere
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 7:15 pm

U.S.A., 1998. Bari Pearlman and Phyllis Heller, Directors.
English. 32 minutes. Beta video.

A nostalgic, humorous look at mah-jongg, a game that originated in China 2000 years ago, and still appeals not only to Asian-Americans but to Jewish women as well who began playing it in the 1930s.

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