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Title Andrew Jenks: Room 335 / Director: Jenks, Andrew
Published Australia : ABC2, 2006
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Summary Just like the other residents at the assisted living facility Harbor Place, Andrew Jenks played bingo, hung out in the courtyards contemplating 'the golden years', and even helped fellow neighbours change their oxygen tanks. However, unlike Tammy (age 95) or even Bill (age 80), he is only nineteen years old.For a summer he moved into a senior residence in Florida, into room 335. For one summer he did all of the things that old people do. He wanted to find the answer to the question: how do they feel now that they face the end of their lives?He laughed at their jokes about sex, played baseball with canes instead of bats, and raced through the hallways in his friend's wheelchair. By the fourth week, three of his closest friends were hospitalised and his best chum, Bill, stopped talking to him. He coaxed his neighbour through a heart attack, saw the heartbreak of dementia, and witnessed the death of a friend. By the end of the summer, he had formed unimaginable bonds with some of the greatest, and oldest, people that life has to offer. And had learned some lessons about himself in the process.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directed, produced and edited by Andrew Jenks. Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2010-07-14 at 20:30:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Congregate housing.
Intergenerational communication.
Older people.
Florida.
Form Streaming video
Author Delarm, Bill, cast
Jenks, Andrew, director
Shepard, Dotty, cast
Signorile, Tammy, cast
Smith, Libby, cast