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Old Age: Do Not Go Gentle

1978-01-28 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

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Two years in the making, this powerful documentary by San Francisco-based producer Evan White compares the American with the European approach to dealing with persons of advanced age and in so doing, showed the world of neglect, poverty and fear in which many of our elderly find themselves.

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