True Stories : Class Of 62 - Still Going Strong Was: Class Of 62 - Pushing Fifty

Record ID: 119914
  • Title: True Stories : Class Of 62 - Still Going Strong Was: Class Of 62 - Pushing Fifty
  • Date: 25th May 1995
  • Summary: IN 'CLASS OF 62 - STILL GOING STRONG', FILM-MAKER MARILYN GAUNT RETURNS TO HER ROOTS FOR AN UPDATE ON THE LIVES OF HER OLD SCHOOLFRIENDS. THEY FIRST MET AT A 21 YEAR REUNION IN THE FILM 'CLASS OF '63', TRANSMITTED IN JANUARY 1984. THEY ALL LEFT SANDFORD COUNTY SECONDARY GIRLS SCHOOL AS EAGER 16 YEAR OLDS ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE SWINGING 60'S. MARGARET, DOROTHY, KATY, DENISE, GILLIAN AND SALLY HAVE HAD THEIR UPS AND DOWNS IN THE INTERVENING 12 YEARS. IN MANY WAYS, THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE THOSE OF EVERYWOMAN AS SHE APPROACHED HER FIFTH DECADE : GRANDMOTHERHOOD, DESERTION, UNEXPECTED FIRST LOVE AND THE INEVITABLE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGEING PARENTS. THEY WERE A SPARKY BUNCH IN 1983, AND AGE HAS NOT WITHERED THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMNED AND THE MESSAGE OF THE FILM IS ONE OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE.
  • Description:FILMMAKER MARILYN GAUNT HAS FOLLOWED THE FORTUNES OF HER FORMER CLASSMATES FOR 30 YEARS. NOW THEY ARE APPROACHING 50 - THE MENOPAUSE,GRANDMOTHERHOOD,DIVORCE,NEW-FOUND INDEPENDENCE AND UNEXPECTED ROMANCE.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:FACTOTUM FILMS LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:25/05/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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