Legacy Film Festival on Aging

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Join the 12th Legacy Film Festival on Aging from Feb 14-23, 2025! Tickets and All-Fest passes available now. Also take advantage of our Earlybird discount on Passes

We  would like to spotlight the work of San Francisco organization,  Openhouse SF, serving LGBTQ+ elders since 1998. In 2017 they opened one of the country’s first affordable housings dedicated to LGBTQ+ elders.

Older Americans Month. LFFoA will present a series of selections from our past festivals—films that expand on this year's OA Month theme of Powered by Connection

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Please join us to watch this poignant short film—

Stream it online for free this Sunday, Feb 25th. 

   Jack and Sam follows two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunited after 80 years. Now in  their late 90s, they are rekindling their friendship and educating  others about the dangers of hatred.

Written by Sheila Malkind in 2001 for the Chicago Tribune. 

I recently flew to New York for a long weekend with my daughter, who lives and

works there. Yes I had a few momentary twinges of fear during the first few moments of takeoff, but I very quickly forgot my anxiety as the flight continued.

In honor of Womens’ History Month, join us for a free virtual screening of the documentary Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders. (60 min., Dirs. Joan Sadoff, Dr. Robert Sadoff and Laura J. Lipson, 2002)

  A  missing chapter of the Civil Rights movement, this powerful documentary  reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950’s and 60’s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it and emerged as its grassroots leaders. 

Thank you, Viewers, Donors, Sponsors, and Media Partners for making the 2nd Virtual, 11th Legacy Film Festival a well-traveled and enjoyable event. 

This year, we offered a Virtual Catalog of 42 films on Aging from around the world, divided into 18 themed Festival Programs, including 13 Interviews with filmmakers, totaling over 30 hours of content.