Movie Reviews
HAAG’s Older Tenants Voice Newsletter reviews movies about older people, housing and homelessness. We love to see when these issues are brought into the spotlight!
Calle Malaga
Calle Málaga is the story of Maria Angeles (Carmen Maura) and the lively community she is a part of in Malaga…
Posted in: Reviews, Elder Rights
The People vs Robodebt
The People vs Robodebt is a powerful and disturbing three part SBS docudrama. It’s based on the lived experience of victims…
Posted in: Reviews
The Blue Trail
Set in a near future in Brazil, this film follows Tereza, a 77 year old woman who has lived her whole…
Posted in: Reviews
The Boroughs
Life in a retirement village can be quite an adventure. This is certainly true for those living at The Boroughs in the…
Posted in: Reviews, Retirement Villages
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
It’s 1954 in St Louis, Missouri. The city is booming, but downtown is controlled by slumlords, keeping the mostly black urban…
Posted in: Reviews, Public Housing
The Lady in the Van
“Lady in the Van” (2015) is the “mostly true” story of an older homeless woman who imposes herself on the well-to-do…
Posted in: Reviews, Older Women
Undercover
Undercover is a feature length documentary about “the hidden face of homelessness”- older women. It follows ten older women across Australia…
Posted in: Reviews, Missing Middle, Older Women
Queen Bees
Set in a US retirement home, Queen Bees is Michael Lembeck’s latest Hollywood production. Helen, a fiercely independent older woman, unwillingly…
Posted in: Reviews, Retirement Villages
Some Happy Day
Incredibly, another movie featuring older people’s homelessness has been released in cinemas, and this time it’s much closer to home, shot…
Posted in: Reviews, Older Women
Amma Hófí
Amma Hófí (Grandma Hofi) is an Icelandic Christmas heist movie directed by Gunnar B. Gudmundsson that screened at the Scandinavian Film…
Posted in: Reviews, Retirement Villages
