Watch Azza Cohen '16's award-winning short documentary FLOAT! on the big screen at the 20th anniversary of the DC Shorts International Film Festival, one of the largest short film festivals on the East Coast. FLOAT! will be screened as part of DC Shorts' Local Doc Heroes showcase on Sept. 24 from 1:30-3:00 pm EST at the Alamo Drafthouse DC.

Filmmaker Azza Cohen captures her magnetic grandma’s heartwarming journey learning to swim at 82, inspiring audiences to defy societal expectations of aging and to boldly look forward at every stage.

Aging is often portrayed as a time of nostalgia and stagnation, especially for women. Filmmaker Azza Cohen’s 82-year-old grandma is having none of that: “Everything is an attitude; we can’t act old.” Join the magnetic Bubbe as she tackles her bucket list and bravely strips down, wrestles on a wetsuit, and learns to swim. Sure, she’s got aches and pains and an inadequate Medicare plan like any octogenarian. But instead of kvetching, Bubbe embraces her wrinkles, varicose veins, and "hangy buzzies,” and dives headfirst into a pool of possibility. “It’s all been fun...There should be less importance to how one looks rather than how one has lived,” she confirms. Jump in with her; the water’s warm.

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