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Flying in the face of this culture's extreme ageism, Still Doing It explores the lives of older women. Partnered, single, straight, gay, black and white; nine extraordinary women, age 67-87, express with startling honesty and humor how they feel about themselves, sex, and love in later life and the poignant realities of aging. Outspoken for their generation, these women mark a sea change. Women over 65 are the fastest-growing segment of the population and in 2011, when the baby boomers begin to turn 65, their numbers will swell. Still Doing It looks at this society's complex relationship to women and aging with surprising and revelatory results.
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"Still Doing It works to shatter stereotypes while celebrating old age. It's touching, humorous and, most of all, gives an aging nation hope for more fun in the future. " John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle
"The heroines of Deirdre Fishel's documentary have broken a taboo almost as strong as the one that prohibits incest. They pursue a sexually active life when they are in their sixties, seventies, and eighties. They are pioneers in resisting the restrictions of an ageist culture and role models to women of the baby boom generation. In the U.S., where women over 65 is the fastest-growing demographic, plastic surgery and youth enhancing beauty products are big business. But rather than trying to turn back the clock, these women insist on celebrating their age and experience. Still Doing It is a hoot, a blast of energy, and an irreverent challenge to the ageism harbored by just about everyone in our youth obsessed culture". Amy Taubin, Village Voice
"To many people the sex lives of senior citizens is a subject that's best left off the agenda. Filmmaker Deirdre Fishel, however, gives women over 65 a chance to discuss how their erotic lives have not only survived but thrived!" Mark Deming, The New York Times
"The documentary uses sex as a springboard for poignant discussions of ageism, death, and women's eternal struggle with body image... Through their willingness to bare all, both figuratively and literally, the women who are still proudly and enthusiastically doing it challenge many an assumption about sex in the sunset years." Rachel Proctor May, Austin Chronicle
Deirdre Fishel Deirdre Fishel has been writing and directing documentaries and dramas for 20 years now; almost all centering on women's lives. Her life gaols ito create complex, realistic portraits of women that challenge mainstream stereotypes and work to improve women's lives.Deirdre started her career at WNYC-TV where she produced a half-hour program on women community organizers working to save the South Bronx. She went on to write and direct two award-winning dramas and a full length documentary about working mothers, The Best of Both. Her dramatic feature film, Risk, premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and had a theatrical, as well as a wide video and international release.In addition to Sundance, Deirdre's work has screened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Television and Radio and the British Film Institute, as well as at festivals worldwide. Her films have been broadcast on the Sundance Channel, the New York Times Discovery Channel and WNYC-TV, as well as on more than thirty channels abroad.In 1995, Deirdre started Mind's Eye Productions dedicated to producing cutting edge educational films and videos as well as independent films. Projects have included videos on women and depression in the African-American community, separatism on college campuses and teen dating violence. Dealing with Teen Dating Abuse: Matters Of Choice received a 2005 CINE Golden Eagle Award. Deirdre attended the American Film Institute's master's directing program and went to Brown University. She is on the faculty of the New School University and lives in Brooklyn with her daughters Maeve and Lucia. Her most recent project Still Doing It, is being distributed by Filmstransit International and New Day Films.
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