"The Way We Get By"

[Hissyspit]

VIEW THE TRAILER: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thewaywegetby

In theaters: July 17, 2009

THE WAY WE GET BY is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters - a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and redemption, reminding us how our culture casts our elders, and too often our soldiers, aside. More important, regardless of your politics, “The Way We Get By” celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love with strangers who need and deserve it.

Genre: Documentary

Director:Aron Gaudet

Cast: Joan Gaudet, Jerry Mundy, Bill Knight




VIEW THE TRAILER: http://www.thewaywegetbymovie.com

The SXSW Special Jury Award winning "The Way We Get By" is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters - a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality.

When its three subjects aren't at the airport, they wrestle with their own problems: failing health, depression, mounting debt. Joan, a grandmother of eight, has a deep connection to the soldiers she meets. The sanguine Jerry keeps his spirits up even as his personal problems mount. And the veteran Bill, who clearly has trouble taking care of himself, finds himself contemplating his own death. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and redemption, reminding us how our culture casts our elders, and too often our soldiers, aside. More important, regardless of your politics, "The Way We Get By" celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love with strangers who need and deserve it.

The Way We Get By is a 2009 documentary film directed by Aron Gaudet and produced by Gita Pullapilly, about a group of senior citizens in Bangor, Maine who greet U.S. troops at the Bangor International Airport. It premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature. The film also won the Audience Award at the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival<1> and will air on the PBS series P.O.V. in November of 2009.

[Hissyspit]

1. Unrecommended a thread on a movie on how we treat the elderly?

Seriously?

[KoKo]

2. Old....not good here in America ..

K&R