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Films and Videos: Aging and Older People

I'll cover these topics.... Video reviews by gerontologists, for example, in The GerontologistSearching on AgeLine database (AARP)Well-known distributors of videos about agingA list of videos, 2000-2008. Movie Reviews by Gerontologists. The Gerontologist: Audiovisual Reviews30 years, 70 revie

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Films and Videos: Aging and Older People

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    1. Films and Videos: Aging and Older People Martha W. Bonney SU Gerontology Center May 19, 2008

    2. I’ll cover these topics... Video reviews by gerontologists, for example, in The Gerontologist Searching on AgeLine database (AARP) Well-known distributors of videos about aging A list of videos, 2000-2008

    3. Movie Reviews by Gerontologists The Gerontologist: Audiovisual Reviews 30 years, 70 reviewers, 5 Audiovisual Editors 2002-February 2007, subscribers can access online Robert Yahnke: Personal website | The Great Circle of Life (1988)—a resource guide to films and videos on aging Aging and the Cinema (2006) compiled by Rick Scheidt Ph.D., for the American Psychological Association, in MS Word format

    4. AgeLine http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/index.html online, bibliographic database produced by AARP focuses on...aging and middle-aged and older adults,...social, psychological, economic, policy, and health care aspects of aging. when searching, do NOT include “aging,” “aged,” or “elderly”

    5. AgeLine search for recent videos

    6. AgeLine: limit years

    7. AgeLine: limit audience type

    8. AgeLine: limit document type

    9. AgeLine: 202 hits!

    10. AgeLine: synopsis of video

    11. AgeLine: what format?

    12. AgeLine: hotlink to publisher’s site...

    13. newer, more popular videos are on both VHS and DVD

    14. AgeLine: descriptors

    15. Ageline: controlled vocabulary

    16. Ageline: subject search

    17. AgeLine: Thesaurus of Aging Terminology

    18. Well-Known Video Distributors Allan King Films Ltd., http://www.allankingfilms.com/, 416-964-7284, mail@allankingfilms.com Bullfrog Films, www.bullfrogfilms.com, 800/543/FROG (3764), info@bullfrogfilms.com Direct Cinema Limited, http://www.directcinema.com, 310-636-8200, info@directcinemalimited.com Fanlight Productions, www.fanlight.com, 800-937-4113, info@fanlight.com Filmakers Library, www.filmakers.com, 212-808-4980, info@filmakers.com First Run Icarus Films, www.frif.com, 718-488-8900, mailroom@frif.com

    19. Well Known Video Distributors McNabb Connolly, http://www.mcnabbconnolly.ca, a leading Canadian distributor of US and Canadian videos, 866-722-1522, info@mcnabbconnolly.ca New Day Films, www.newday.com, 888-367-9154 Terra Nova Films, www.terranova.org, 800-779-8491, tnf@terranova.org Women Make Films, www.wmm.com, 212-925-0606, orders@wmm.com *Netflix.com rents DVDs, provides video clips.

    20. List of Recommended Videos, 2000-2008 A-G H-L M-R S-T

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