TWO RAGING GRANNIES documentary Q&A with Shirley Morrison and Hinda Kipnis

Tuesday, November, 11
12:00 PM

TWO RAGING GRANNIES
documentary Q&A with Shirley Morrison and Hinda Kipnis

2014 / Norway, Italy, Denmark, US / 78 minutes / Format: DCP
Director: Håvard Bustnes Cast: Shirley Morrison, Hinda Kipnis Print Source: NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE/ Films Transit International

Two Raging Grannies follows Seattle activist seniors Shirley Morrison (age 90) and Hinda Kipnis (age 84) as they grapple with one of the most urgent issues of the day—how do we dig ourselves out of our current and seemingly never-ending economic crisis? Lacking a background in economics or finance but determined to educate themselves on the issues, they start a quest to find answers to deceptively simple questions: How did we end up in the mess we’re in in the first place? How bad is it really? Is the answer really more consumption? Is the goal really perpetual growth? Taking their mobility scooters on the road, they engage a wide cross-spectrum of the American populace—homeless, student, expert, and tycoon alike—as they journey across the country to Wall Street and a gathering of the rich and powerful. Shirley and Hinda prove that there’s no such thing as being “too old” to make an impact, nor are you ever “too insignificant” to speak truth to power.