Younger: Looking Forward To Getting Older (PG)
- Corn Exchange Cinema
- Full Price £7.80 - £9.80 /
- Special Screenings £6.30 (including booking fees)
This is a film about friendship and purpose in master’s athletics, a place where every five years, getting older means becoming the youngest.
Follow female athletes in their 60s, 70s, and 80s over a year as they train for master's competitions. In these competitions, athletes compete in five age groups. When an athlete moves up an age group they are then the youngest. So, as they approach the top end of their classification, they look forward to being a year older and moving up to the next group where they will be the new kid on the block again.
Dorothy, 85, loves the camaraderie of her gang (as she calls them). Joylyn, 69 hopes to keep going into her 80s and 90s. Sue, 69, says pole vaulting has helped her cope with cancer, twice. Noel, 74, loves the technical challenge of race walking.
Released with short film Older: A portrait of photographer and activist, Alex Rotas. Directed by Danielle Sellwood, 6 mins.
'Exercise is not a luxury. It is the key to healthy ageing.'
Olga Kotelko (1919-2014) World record holder – Masters’ athletics
Duration: 63 mins
Director: Danielle Sellwood
UK, 2024
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