Presented by the Chicago-based documentary production and distribution company Terra Nova Films, the eighth annual Silver Images Film Festival continues Friday, May 4, through Friday, May 18, at Atlas Senior Center, 1767 E. 79th St.; Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington; Church of the Open Door, 5954 S. Albany; Copernicus Senior Center, 3160 N. Milwaukee; Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 3551 Highland, Downers Grove; Horizons Community Services, 961 W. Montana; Maravilla Independent and Assisted Senior Living, 145 N. Milwaukee, Vernon Hills; North Shore Senior Center, 161 Northfield Rd., Northfield; Presbyterian Homes, 3200 Grant, Evanston; South Chicago Towers, 9177 S. South Chicago; South Chicago YMCA, 3039 E. 91st St.; South Shore United Church of Christ, 7401 S. Yates; and Southwest Suburban Center on Aging/Plymouth Place, 315 N. LaGrange Rd., La Grange Park. Unless otherwise noted, films will be shown on video. For more information call 773-881-6940.
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Fred Camper writes, “Holly O’Mara’s Mick and Helen (2000, 32 min.), about a couple approaching their 65th wedding anniversary, is the usual mix of talking heads, old photos, and old film footage. They’re admirably energetic, and their stories give a good sense of their ordinary midwestern lives.” Ted Shen writes, “In Lisa Kaufman’s Packing for Two (1999, 13 min.) a widow who still sees and talks to her dead husband prepares for a vacation; it’s conventional in tone and full of Jewish cliches, though the glossy cinematography makes it watchable.” And in Beryl Gets Younger by the Day (2000, 25 min.), Carroll Baker follows a woman in her late 60s as she takes part in a six-week program to increase longevity. (Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 9:00 am)
Short films, program two
Life: The Silver Age
Short films, program four
Short films, program five
