ScreenFish

1on1 with Shelagh McLeod (ASTRONAUT)


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In her latest film ASTRONAUT, writer/director Shelagh McLeod tells the story of Angus, an elderly man in a nursing home with dreams of going to space. When a contest arises with a grand prize of a seat on the first commercial flight into the cosmos, Angus can't resist but enter! But will his age and failing body keep him from his dream? In this 1on1, Steve speaks to McLeod about what it means to leave a legacy, our culture's dismissiveness of the elderly and what it means to have 'another go'.
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