Building Intergenerational Connections through Storytelling
Building Intergenerational Connections through Storytelling
Join filmmaker, Sky Bergman to learn about the power of intergenerational storytelling and how it can improve meaningful engagement for older adults, their families and loved ones. The documentary film “Lives Well Lived” celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of adults aged 75 to 100. Encompassing over 3000 years of experience, forty people reveal their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life. These men and women share their journey into old age through family histories, personal triumphs, and tragedies, loves and losses – seeing the best and worst of humanity along the way. Their thoughtful perspectives offer life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive during the greatest challenges. Their intimate memories and personal histories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire. Sky will offer attendees suggestions on how to incorporate intergenerational storytelling into their programming to improve health, wellbeing and satisfaction for older adults, team members and families.
Participants who join this webinar will be able to:
- Develop an awareness of the importance of storytelling in the lives of older adults through the lessons of resilience and inspirational stories featured in the documentary film, “Lives Well Lived.”
- Learn simple tips for collecting the stories of older adults, and the power of video over still photography.
- Understand the possibilities of intergenerational connections through shared stories and how best to share these stories as it relates to programming for activity and life enrichment professionals.
Sky Bergman
Filmmaker and Professor Emeritus of Photography and Video
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer and filmmaker. Lives Well Lived, Sky’s directorial debut, celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of adults 75 to 100 years old who are living their lives to the fullest. Encompassing over 3000 years of experience, forty people share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life. Their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you. Her fine artwork is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Her commercial work has appeared on book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Reader’s Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey. A Professor Emeritus of Photography and Video at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, CA, Sky currently has two short films about intergenerational connections currently on the film festival circuit and is working on a feature-length film that is a celebration of love.
