N.C. Center for Creative Retirement to Host Screening of Baby Boomer
Documentary;
"The Open Road: America Looks at Aging" Asks Boomers "What's Next?"
Baby Boomers once asked themselves, “What am I
going to do when I grow up?” Now, as the first 77 million Boomers
approach retirement age, they are asking, “What do I do next?”
This question is explored in the new documentary
“The Open Road: America Looks at Aging” by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker
Nina Gilden Seavey. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July
12, at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Ron Manheimer, N.C. Center for
Creative Retirement director, will lead a discussion following the
screening. Manheimer will be joined by a panel of experts to comment on
the film as well as share the results of a yearlong study of
Asheville-area Boomers that was conducted by the Center. The event is
free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.
“Boomers seem to be rewriting the book on
retirement,” said Manheimer. “All the surveys point to the fact that
Boomers plan to work longer but want more flexibility.”
While filming “The Open Road: America Looks at
Aging,” Seavey traveled the country to collect stories from people who
have shaped and continue to shape their own answer to the question “What
next?” Those featured in the one-hour film come from all walks of life:
some revel in the freedom of jumping in their RV and hitting the
highway, while others are anxious about defining a new sense of purpose
in society. The program profiles people who have found themselves
unprepared for the financial hardships of retirement and are forced to
return to work as well as those who volunteer in a variety of ways that
help to bring focus and purpose to their “Golden Years.” Aging experts
offer insight on the issues that confront America as Boomers – the most
active, educated, and vital demographic group of retirees the country
has ever seen – prepare to retire.
The screening and discussion are sponsored by the
N.C. Center for Creative Retirement.
For more information, call the Center at
828/251-6140. For online driving directions to the Center, click on
www.unca.edu/ncccr/about_NCCCR/directions_to_RC.htm.
Media Contacts:
- Dr. Ron Manheimer, N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Director,
828/232-5180
- Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Public Information Assistant Director,
828/251-6526
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