Saturday, October 10 at 2:30pm | $5 |
Presented in partnership with Elders In Action and Pip & Bounce
PING PONG: Never Too Old For Gold, is as much about the tenacity of the human spirit as it is a meditation on mortality. Terry (81) having been given a week to live, gets in sight of winning gold. Inge (89) has used table tennis to train her way out of the dementia ward she committed herself to. Australian legend Dorothy deLow is 100, and finds herself a mega celebrity in this rarefied world and Texan Lisa Modlich, a new-comer at 85 years old, is determined to do whatever it takes to win her first gold.
“It is about ageing, mortality, friendship, ambition and love. The stories stay with you for hours, weeks, after the credits have rolled. But perhaps its most powerful achievement is to leave us with a more humane conception of sport, and of life itself.” – Matthew Syed, The Times
Please join us for a post-film discussion and ping pong at Pips & Bounce (833 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR)
Sponsored by: AARP