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Aging Gratefully: The Power of Community

Here are the data: 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day and adult diapers are now out-selling baby diapers. What are some care-giving alternatives for Gen Xers and Millennials who may live hundreds of miles away from their parents and grandparents?

What if 25 senior citizens decided to grow old together in a cohousing community? Learn about their life changing illnesses, angst, and fun times and how they plan to support each other into the future. There are senior cohousing communities planned in as diverse locales as The low density Sea Ranch in Sonoma County California to the land-locked Lincoln Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

  • Alan O'Hashi
    Director
  • Alan O'Hashi
    Writer
  • Boulder Community Media
    Producer
  • Alan O'Hashi
    Producer
    Mahjong and the West, Serotonin Rising
  • Jim Leach
    Key Cast
  • Chuck Durrett
    Key Cast
  • Anne Glass
    Key Cast
  • Katie McCamant
    Key Cast
  • Lindy Cook
    Key Cast
  • Dan Knifong
    Key Cast
  • John Huyler
    Key Cast
  • Henry Kroll
    Key Cast
  • Margaret Porter
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    54 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 16, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Whistle Stop F.I.L.M. (Filmmakers Interactive Local Meetup) Festival
    Salt Lake City, UT
    United States
    May 21, 2016
  • Impact on Lung Health Film Festival
    Liverpool, England
    October 27, 2016
  • International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion, and Visionary
    Jakarta
    Indonesia
    November 27, 2016
    Southeast Asia Premiere
    International Award of Excellence
Director Biography - Alan O'Hashi

I’ve been involved with community journalism since 1963 when I wrote for my elementary school paper, the FairView, through high school and college and then writing for the Wyoming State Journal. I put aside my newspaper pen and began Boulder Community Media in 2005 and Wyoming Community Media in 2007. There wasn’t much community journalism opportunity, so I resurrected my writing career as a screen writer. My first short screenplay, “Stardust”, won an award in the 2005 Denver Screenwriting Center contest.

My newspaper forte’ was column writing about just about anything. I’ve been doing some recreational column writing on my facebook page. My friend, colleague and web guru Peter Wayne suggested that I move my facebook notes into a blog which will improve my search engine optimization (SEO). These notes are random thoughts about random topics – sports politics, personal experiences, movie stuff …

As for current projects, I recently received some funds from the Wyoming Arts Council and Wyoming Humanities Council to make a documentary about some of the New Deal artists who created work in Wyoming. In the summer of 2013, I coproduced a SAG indie narrative movie “Mahjong and the West” which premiered at the semi-important Woodstock Film Festival in October 2014.

Over the years, I’ve produced directed, filmed and/or edited several short movies, “Running Horses” (Runner Up – Wyoming Short Film Contest), “On the Trail: Jack Kerouac in Cheyenne” (Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival, Top 10 Wyoming Short Film Contest), “Gold Digger” (Boulder Asian Film Festival), “Adobo” (Boulder International Film Festival), “A Little Bit of Discipline” (Rosebud Film Series), and two feature length documentaries “Your Neighbor’s Child” (Wyoming PBS and Rocky Mountain PBS), and “Serotonin Rising” (American Film Market, Vail Film Festival). I also directed and produced the award winning stage play “Webster Street Blues” by my childhood friend Warren Kubota.

Wyoming Community Media and Boulder Community Media are non-profit production groups dedicated to democratzing electronic media on the large and small screens, printed page and stage by providing sustainable and community-based content.

I mostly work with community based media producers, organizations, and socially-responsible businesses to develop their content via – the written word, electronic and new media, the visual and performing arts in a culturally competent manner – I’m what’s commonly called a niche TV and movie producer.

Along with all this is plying my forte’ – fund development through grant writing, sponsorship nurturing and event planning.

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Director Statement

Alan O'Hashi works through community based media producers, organizations, and socially-responsible businesses to develop their content via - the written word, electronic and new media, the visual and performing arts in a culturally competent manner to help them tell their stories better.