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The Oldest Person in the World

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United States202587 minEnglish
Oldest Person in the World

A decade-long global journey chronicles the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive.

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A decade-long global journey chronicles the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive.

The oldest human being on the planet is not someone you encounter suddenly, nor someone you know for long. As the years go by, and Sam Green meets the next, and the next, oldest person in the world, his personal fascination with what the title means becomes entangled with his own experience of time, and the joys and pains of his own life. Green’s work has been a cornerstone of documentary filmmaking for a generation of artists. With one of his most intimate films yet, he returns to the Sundance Film Festival with his unique mixture of wry wit, earnest feeling, and formal play. In The Oldest Person in the World, the profound and silly experience of being alive is articulated in a way only film can do. — SS

Also available for credentialed press and industry online (January 28–February 1)

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Screenings

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  • Jan 23, 12:00 PM MST
    Premiere

    The Ray Theatre

    Park City

  • Jan 24, 12:30 PM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 1

    Park City

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  • Jan 25, 9:00 PM MST
    Screening

    Rose Wagner Center

    Salt Lake City

  • Jan 30, 11:30 AM MST
    Screening

    Library Center Theatre

    Park City

  • Jan 31, 9:40 AM MST
    Screening

    Megaplex Redstone - 2

    Park City

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    Sam Green

  • Producers

    Alison Byrne Fields

    Josh Penn

  • Executive Producers

    Alex Turtletaub

    Jennifer J Pritzker

    Maida Lynn

    Julie Parker Benello

    Jenifer Westphal

    Marni Grossman

    Roman Nesis

    Nina Fialkow

  • Editors

    Aaron Wickenden

    Sam Green

  • Director of Photography

    Yoni Brook

  • Music by

    William Ryan Fritch

    T. Griffin

  • Production Companies

    Serenade

    Aggregate

  • In Association with

    Department of Motion Pictures

    Beachside

    Cedar Road Productions

    Facet

    Wavelength

    Secret Sauce Media

    Free History Project

  • Contact

    Alison Byrne Fields

    info@thedofmp.com

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Sam Green

    Sam Green’s documentaries include 32 Sounds, A Thousand Thoughts, The Measure of All Things, The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, and Utopia in Four Movements. Green’s The Weather Underground premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, received an Academy Award nomination, and was included in the Whitney Biennial.

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