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Released
1981 · FILM

Close Harmony

Directed by
Runtime
30 min
Documentary

Synopsis

Each year, a group of 4th- and 5th-grade students from the Brooklyn Friends School joins a chorus of elderly retirees from a Brooklyn Jewish seniors' center for a collaborative concert. The two groups rehearse separately for several months, communicating only through letters, before coming together for a final rehearsal before the performance. The film highlights the children's initial assumptions about older adults, as well as the seniors' perspectives on aging and their interactions with the younger performers.

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Principal cast & crew: 5

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Emma Joan MorrisShot by Steve Gerbson

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