If your near UCLA check out this free showing of old Asian men riding around Taiwan on motorcycles, you'd Netflix it if you could.
Go Grandriders James Bridges Theater, UCLA Melnitz 1409 405 Hilgard Ave Los Angeles,
CA 90095 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7:30 PM (PDT)
"In
Go Grandriders, a group of senior citizens embark on what may be the
most daring adventure of their lives: a thirteen-day tour—entirely on
motorcycle—around the island of Taiwan. A number in the group have heart
problems, two have had cancer, and their average age is 81. The trip
brings harrowing escapes (one rider falls asleep at the wheel, while
another is knocked off his bike by a truck), pure exhilaration
(including a gleeful romp in the waves when riders reach Taiwan’s east
coast), and somber reflection, as riders recall their youths fighting in
the Sino-Japanese War.
Along
the way, the Grandriders travel to nursing homes, eliciting cheers,
tears and admiration from other elders as they describe the tour. As
their captain announces, “Elders are not only capable but energetic. No
one is too old to realize their dreams.” His own unyielding dedication
to the group not only lands him in the hospital multiple times during
the tour, but also brings him back to greet the riders at each leg of
the trip. Other characters we meet along the way include a merry
grandfather whose only sadness is missing his weekly trip to the night
market with his grandson, and a pastor married to a cancer survivor, who
consider the trip their belated honeymoon. Defying society’s
expectations, the Grandriders’ journey will inspire and delight
audiences both young and young at heart."
