Ageing gracefully in a community for retirees in Orange County, The Aquadettes fight the body’s decline with buoyancy aids, sharp-eyed humour, and an occasional hit of marijuana. This colourful documentary looks at what it means to be old, and why we should all rail against the dying of the light.
Sage advice from Leisure World, California’s geriatric synchronised swimmers
Directors: Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari
27 December 2013
videoLife stages
Harlem’s over-55s synchronised swimming team thinks ageing is better in the pool
4 minutes
videoLove and friendship
After traumatic childhoods, two sisters dedicate their golden years to fun
15 minutes
videoSex and sexuality
From secret crushes to self-acceptance – a joyful chronicle of ‘old lesbian’ stories
29 minutes
videoSelf-improvement
‘If you can do puberty, you can do old age’: a 90-year-old athlete’s perspective
8 minutes
videoFamily life
‘You wanna get rid of me?’ When the time comes to move mom into assisted living
19 minutes
videoAgeing and death
Of humming birds and burgers: how old cans pay for a simple 90th-birthday treat
16 minutes
videoAnimals and humans
The joys and heartbreaks of loving a creature who ages faster than you
11 minutes
videoAgeing and death
Laughs, heartache and the winding road: life stories aboard a community bus in rural Wales
16 minutes
videoLife stages
Love evolves and death isn’t worth your worry – life lessons from an 88-year-old
7 minutes