Venue

Edlavitch Jewish Community Center, Cafritz Hall
1529 16TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036, DC
Screening Information
Program
I Like it Here
Date
June 17
TIME
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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June 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
I Like it Here

We talk or laugh about aging; its irritations and relentless progression, but we rarely confront the reality of dying or being left alone. Nor do we consider the lightness and calmness that can come when the success race seems not so crucial. I Like it Here is about all those things and, finally, about the pleasures of being alive. Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck tries to convey how it feels to be seeing the winding down of your life. He spends time with older friends from his past and present, most of them rather lively, plus children and grandchildren. Woven in with these scenes are personal reflections on the challenges of getting old; of feeling your joints and thoughts stiffen, as the camera confronts – both seriously and humorously — the obstacles that loom up in front of anyone who is on the last lap. The tone of the film isn’t sad; more wistful. The title’s declaration has a double meaning. The “here” that the filmmaker likes is both his immediate rural surroundings (the fields, water and neighbors he sees out his window) – and life itself.
Details
- Date:
- June 17
- Time:
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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Venue
- Edlavitch Jewish Community Center, Cafritz Hall
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1529 16TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20036, DC 20036 United States