Northwest Prime Time July/August 2022

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CELEBRATING LIFE AFTER 50

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Beauty and Chance A short documentary about two long lives

Over the course of four years, award-winning filmmaker John Harrison followed the lives of two elders from the Puget Sound area, (center) Georgie, (right) Imogene

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ix years ago, filmmaker John Harrison set off on a year-long project to document the everyday lives of two women who happened to be quite old.

Imogene turned 100 years old when filming began, Georgie 96. But something happened along the way. John, Imogene and Georgie kept going. Filming was not completed until four years later. The two women shared over 200 years of life experience between them: experiences of poverty and wealth, of marriage and divorce. Of raising grandchildren, of confronting a cheating spouse and finding new love.

The documentary “Beauty and Chance” is a meditation on the hidden struggles and quiet graces of two women writing the final chapters of their lives

Of joining book clubs and becoming a stand-up comic. Of holding a greatgreat-grandson and losing a husband after 50 years of marriage. And all the quiet moments in between. The film, at just over 41 minutes, is a mediative look at everyday moments in the lives of Imogene and Georgie. It’s a quiet film, but the women’s vibrancy, to say nothing of

their remarkable longevity, shines through. Spokane-based filmmaker John Harrison travels the world for his work in film and video production with the company he co-owns, Untamed Productions. On the side, he follows his passion for filmmaking. As a cinematographer, John’s films continued on page 16


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