Distributor:  MediaStorm
Length:  14 minutes
Date:  2006
Genre:  Expository
Language:  English
Grade level: 4-12, college, adults
Color/BW:  Color
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The Sandwich Generation

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Millions of middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When parents Ed and Julie took in her 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story.

The Sandwich Generation

Some 20 million middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When filmmaker-photographer pair Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi took in Winokur's 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story, exposing their personal lives with unflinching candor.

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Awards

Pictures of the Year International Year: 2007 Place: First Category: Best Multimedia News Story or Essay Fotoweek DC International Year: 2009 Place: Honorable Mention Category: New Media, Documentary

Citation

Main credits

Winokur, Julie (filmmaker)
Winokur, Julie (film director)
Winokur, Julie (screenwriter)
Winokur, Julie (interviewee)
Kashi, Ed (filmmaker)
Kashi, Ed (videographer)
Kashi, Ed (photographer)
Kashi, Ed (interviewee)
Storm, Brian (film producer)

Other credits

[Photography & Video: Ed Kashi].


Distributor credits

Julie Winokour

Writer & Director: Julie Winokur
Photography & Video: Ed Kashi
Editor and Producer: Brian Storm
Additional Camerawork: Isabel Kashi, Kristin Reimer, Debbie Robertson, Lauren Rosenfeld

Docuseek2 subjects

Aging
Longterm Care
Sociology
Photographers

Distributor subjects

Aging, family issues, American Studies, sociology, healthcare, sociology
Expository
WO

Keywords

Alzheimers, Dementia, Brian Storm, Aging, Ed Kashi, Julie Winokur, Eric Maierson, sandwich generation; "The Sandwich Generation"; MediaStorm

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