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STILL DOING IT becomes a book to be published by Penguin Books on October 2, 2008 The book not only broadens the scope featuring 35 diverse women nationwide, but delves more deeply into every aspect of older women's creative and sexual lives. It looks at the revolution in aging that's happening with the Boomers turning 60, romance after 60, the reality of the partner gap, alternative relationships, older sex that's not geriatric, but has endless creative potential, the liberating possibilities of masturbation, and the ongoing adventure of aging! STILL DOING IT ROCKS FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS U.S. The groundbreaking film STILL DOING IT: The Intimate Lives of Women Over 65 has played to packed screenings at fourteen U.S. film festivals so far. Official selection: South by Southwest (SXSW), Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Museum of Television and Radio Documentary Festival, San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, SilverDocs/AFI Discovery Film Festival, New Fest (New York's Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Film Festival), Martha's Vineyard Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, High Falls Film Festival, Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival, Brattleboro Women's Film Festival, Blue Sky/First Person Film Festival and Altar Magazine Women's Film Festival. RECENT AWARDS... STILL DOING IT has just received the first annual Margaret E. Condon Memorial Award for "bringing fresh perspectives to the aging experience". Margaret E. Condon, a national leader in gerontology issues, died last year and NorthEastern Illinois University has just created the award in her honor. STILL DOING IT also received an honorable mention from the Silver Images Film and Video Awards. A SAMPLING OF REACTIONS FROM REVIEWERS... "STILL DOING IT works to shatter stereotypes while celebrating old age. It's touching, humorous and, most of all, gives an aging nation hope for more fun in the future. " "The heroines of Deirdre Fishel's documentary have broken a taboo almost as strong as the one that prohibits incest. They pursue a sexually active life when they are in their sixties, seventies, and eighties. They are pioneers in resisting the restrictions of an ageist culture and role models to women of the baby boom generation. In the U.S., where women over 65 is the fastest-growing demographic, plastic surgery and youth enhancing beauty products are big business. But rather than trying to turn back the clock, these women insist on celebrating their age and experience. STILL DOING IT is a hoot, a blast of energy, and an irreverent challenge to the ageism harbored by just about everyone in our youth obsessed culture". To many people the sex lives of senior citizens is a subject that's best left off the agenda. Filmmaker Deirdre Fishel, however, gives women over 65 a chance to discuss how their erotic lives have not only survived but thrived! The documentary uses sex as a springboard for poignant discussions of ageism, death, and women's eternal struggle with body image... Through their willingness to bare all, both figuratively and literally, the women who are still proudly and enthusiastically doing it challenge many an assumption about sex in the sunset years.
The STILL DOING IT, premiere was one of the most provocative evenings in the history of our Television Documentary Festival. A startling mixture of interviews and history, STILL DOING IT raises intriguing questions about desire and identity in contemporary society. After our screening, we had a most animated discussion, a thoughtful dialogue between the panel and audience. You could really tell that the audience was engaged by every minute of the documentary and then immediately had to talk about it with the experts. As our senior population begins to swell, STILL DOING IT
Annie Laura Cotten, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, AASECT member
"As the baby boomers, the most influential generation in history, age there will be a revolution in the very meaning of aging. This country desperately needs new images that celebrate the truth about what older age can be. The nine amazing women in STILL DOING IT challenge antiquated, ageist notions revealing lives filled with romance, revelations and personal growth. This is a truly important film".
I have never written to anyone who has made a film, but I had to write to you about "Still Doing It." Your film rocks. Thank you and your team for producing something so beautiful, illuminating, poignant and moving! You are exceptional, and I eagerly await your next film. I just happened on the documentary last night. It was awesome to watch it and to hear the women talking about feeling sensual and sexual. I am encouraging my boss to consider the film for teaching purposes. I am in my forties but I know that I won't ever be able not to have sex! It is so necessary for women to speak up and celebrate their sexual feelings. Thank you for doing this film. I have seen just your document in our TV. I want to thank you for your courage to show, how older women can live their sex life. I am now a 53 year old woman from Finland. I think it is nice to live older when the future can be so nice. I have lived 25 years with my man and I am guite happy. But if something happens, we must not give up our right to love. Thank you very much.
The film is educationally distributed through New Day Films. It has been bought by Women's Studies, Gerontology, Popular Culture, Human Sexuality and Gender Studies Professors and Departments as well as by Planned Parenthood, Medical Schools and Libraries across the country. For information on using the film in Universities, Libraries and Community Centers go to newday.com |
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