Filmmaker Q+A for Some Kind of Heaven.
Click here to rent the film. Film streaming Jan 15-29. A portion of your ticket helps support the Carole Zabar Center for Film!
Some Kind of Heaven
Dir. Lance Oppenheim
US, 2020, 83 min
This film explores life inside the palm-tree-lined streets of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community in Florida. Referred to as the “Disneyland for Retirees,” this planned community is home to over 130,000 seniors. It offers residents a utopian version of the American yesteryear: wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countless activities all in service of enjoying their golden years. While most residents have bought into its packaged positivity, we meet four residents living on the margins, striving to find happiness. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2020
"With strikingly composed cinematography, this colorful documentary, produced by Darren Aronofsky, offers a tender and nuanced look at the never-ending quest to find meaning and love in life’s final act.” - The New York Times
Filmmaker Q+A for Some Kind of Heaven.
Click here to rent the film. Film streaming Jan 15-29. A portion of your ticket helps support the Carole Zabar Center for Film!
Some Kind of Heaven
Dir. Lance Oppenheim
US, 2020, 83 min
This film explores life inside the palm-tree-lined streets of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community in Florida. Referred to as the “Disneyland for Retirees,” this planned community is home to over 130,000 seniors. It offers residents a utopian version of the American yesteryear: wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countless activities all in service of enjoying their golden years. While most residents have bought into its packaged positivity, we meet four residents living on the margins, striving to find happiness. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2020
"With strikingly composed cinematography, this colorful documentary, produced by Darren Aronofsky, offers a tender and nuanced look at the never-ending quest to find meaning and love in life’s final act.” - The New York Times