Documentary | Canada | 2020 | English | 44 Minutes
An intimate and revealing account of the issues and emotion at stake for seniors downsizing.
Abba Lustgarten is a renaissance man.
He works as a software developer and consultant, is an avid musician, and long-time wood-turner.
Geeta has programmed films for TIFF, managed funding programs for the OMDC and pioneered web programming. Awards include Gemini nominations, a Golden Sheaf, a Gold Cindy, a Gold Remi and a Chris Award. Originally from Kenya, Geeta was educated in Vancouver and Montreal.
Born in Montreal in 1926, Sylvia grew up immersed in the Yiddish world of her father, noted poet J.I. Segal. After receiving her M.S.W at McGill University, Sylvia studied art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under Arthur Lismer and taught in their children’s art classes. Sylvia was the director of the Committee for Yiddish at the U.J.A. for 10 years. Sylvia is dedicated to ensuring accessibility. She led a group that established assisted living apartments in Toronto.
Recognizing the prevalence of ageism, Sylvia realized a film festival could be the an affective tool to draw attention to and combat this form of discrimination.
