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Post by pieter on Oct 21, 2022 15:24:09 GMT -7
The Bubble examines often-surreal senior citizen life within The Villages, America’s largest retirement community. Leisurely retired life beneath the year-round Floridian sunshine however, is not perhaps as idyllic, or as welcomed, as viewers may imagine.
The Bubble intimately examines the exclusive retirement experiences, beliefs and mindsets of six memorable Villages residents; Toni and Roger, Jeanie and John, Terry and Toni. Interweaving these satisfied retiree existences with the anxieties of several residents from surrounding counties, the documentary reveals how those beyond the community’s sealed gateways are being profoundly displaced by The Villages’ endless desire for land, water, and regional control.
Florida’s Friendliest Hometown, by welcoming senior citizens at the expense of nearby county residents, illustrates many of the nation’s most combative dialogues regarding class imbalance, racial inequality, healthcare privatisation, political affiliation, state responsibility, and civic obligation.
The Bubble offers viewers an engaging, provocative yet compassionate contemplation of American ways of life, ageing, and death.
A film by Valerie Blankenbyl.
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Post by pieter on Oct 21, 2022 16:24:05 GMT -7
Valerie BlankenbylDirector, Screenwriter, EditorBorn in 1984 in Vienna, Austria. Austrian citizenship. 2003-08 Studies Graphics and Advertising at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. 2008-10 Art Residency at the Fabrica in Treviso, Italy. 2010-13 MA studies in Film, at ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). 2013 MA in Film from ZHdK. THE BUBBLE (2021) is her third feature-length documentary.DIRECTOR2021 The Bubble by Valerie Blankenbyl 2015 4661m2 – Der Eindruck von Freiheit by Valerie Blankenbyl 2013 Ma Na Sapna by Valerie Blankenbyl 2010 I Am Jesus by Valerie BlankenbylSCREENWRITER2021 The Bubble by Valerie Blankenbyl 2015 4661m2 – Der Eindruck von Freiheit by Valerie Blankenbyl 2013 Ma Na Sapna by Valerie BlankenbylEDITOR2015 4661m2 – Der Eindruck von Freiheit by Valerie Blankenbyl
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