Company: Find It Film Ltd
Country: United Kingdom
Section: SPORT & SOCIETY – SPORT VALUES EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Discipline: Athletics
Director: Danielle Sellwood
Editing: Danielle Sellwood
Photo: Danielle Sellwood & Alex Rotas
Producer: Danielle Sellwood
CoProducer: Alex Rotas
Synopsis:
A film about friendship and the purpose of Masters athletics, a place where every five years aging means becoming the youngest. This documentary follows four women in their 60s, 70s and 80s as they train and compete in national and international Athletics competitions. Dorothy, 85, loves the camaraderie of her gang. Joylyn, 69 hopes to keep going into her 80s and 90s. Sue, 69, says pole vaulting has helped her cope with cancer, twice. Noel, 74, loves the technical challenge of race walking. For all of them, training and competing in masters athletics is about being part of a supportive community, achieving personal goals, and living a purposeful life full of adventures and fun. In doing so, these women show an energy, joyful determination, and fulfilment in older age, that offers a powerful antidote to lazy stereotypes around ageing.