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a really inspiring doc: Young@Heart

22 May

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Young@Heart One of the most inspiring documentaries I have seen in recent years is playing in at least one theatre in Montreal right now. Young@Heart , by British filmmaker Stephen Walker, tells the story of a choir of elderly people preparing for an important concert in their Massachusetts home town. But they are not singing [...]

Filming the Raging Grannies 20th anniversary in Victoria

23 Oct

Betty Brightwell.

Just returned from Victoria, B.C. where I filmed the 20th anniversary celebration of the Raging Grannies. Victoria is where it all started, and many of the formidable women who took the initiative for this movement are still active – a little frail some of them, but very motivated, creative and busy ! The Raging Grannies [...]