Films are shown second Monday of every month at 2 pm. The Travelling UNAFF is at the Avenidas Senior Center in Palo Alto. Admission is free.

JANUARY 9, 2012 – MON, 2 PM:

3 short films by Dorothy Fadiman, a local filmmaker who be in attendance for the Q & A

Shattering the Myth of Aging: Senior Games Celebrate Healthy Lifestyles, Competition and Community (8 min, USA) (a UNAFF film)

Shattering the Myth of Aging documents the story of a 74-year-old man, Ron Chilton, whose life was transformed by becoming a Senior Games Athlete. In his early 60’s, instead of slowing down, Ron became more active. Since making that decision, he has won more than 200 Senior Games medals.

Breathe Easy (9 min, USA)

This film is about living an active, positive life with the handicap of severe COPD / emphysema and the need to use supplemental oxygen. It is also about living fully with any condition at any age.

Radiance: The Experience of Light (22 min, USA)

Radiance explores spiritual illumination in faiths throughout the world.

FEBRUARY 13, 2012 – MON, 2 PM:

Dead End: Afghan Migrants in Greece (a UNAFF film)

Director/Producer: Gill Fickling (12 min, Afghanistan/Greece)

Around the world desperate people are on the move, driven from their homes by wars or poverty. Many assume life will be better in a wealthy place like Europe. But too often their hopes are shattered. Eighteen-year-old Akhtar Azimi fled Afghanistan to Greece after being threatened by the Taliban.

The Old Immigrant’s Dance (a UNAFF film)

Director/Producer: Charlene Music (18 min, USA)

Through moments of sacrifice and also of joy, elderly Latinos find the courage to forge a new life in the United States. The filmmaker graduated from Stanford with an MFA in documentary film.

MARCH 12, 2012 – MON, 2 PM

DELICIOUS PEACE GROWS IN A UGANDAN COFFEE BEAN (a UNAFF film)

Director: Curt Fissel Producer: Ellen Friedland (40 min, Uganda/USA)

Living in the wake of the Idi Amin reign of terror and institutional discrimination, one Ugandan coffee farmer organized a group of Christian, Muslim and Jewish neighbors to challenge historical, economic and environmental hurdles by forming Delicious Peace Coffee Cooperative to enhance peaceful relationships and economic development.