Age Friendly Fairfax Movie Night featuring “Do I Need This?” – a film exploring aging and our human nature to consume
Need to know
- Ages: All ages welcome
- Location: Fairfax Women’s Club – 46 Park Road
- Dates: Friday, February 28, 2025
- Times: 6pm – 8pm
- Facilitator: Town of Fairfax’s Anne Mannes with Filmmaker Kate Schermerhorn and our very own Rudy Contratti from Public Works
- Cost: $10 per person, MUST register in advance HERE
- Refreshments provided with Q & A after the film
- Contact Anne Mannes amannes@townoffairfax.org with any questions
More about program
DO I NEED THIS? delicately interweaves Emmy-winner Kate Schermerhorn’s complicated relationship to her family’s material possessions, every object seemingly imbued with meaning and memories, together with a journey into the homes and minds of her fellow Americans – from a woman who hoards to a Buddhist monk. When Kate’s mother falls ill with dementia, Kate starts to search, instead, for the stuff that really matters. Unlike many other films exploring American excess, Do I Need This? focuses not on our impact on nature, but instead on our human nature to consume.
On the surface, Do I Need This? is a joy ride through American excessive consumption habits; at its core, it is a deep and genuine reflection on aging, legacy, and happiness.
Kate Schermerhorn is an Emmy-winning filmmaker and photographer, and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Kate has directed 100s of videos, won 3 Tellies, and 1 Emmy, and been nominated for 1 more. She has tackled topics from marriage to earthquakes, published 1 book of photographs about things Americans do for fun, lived in 4 countries, and has jumped out of a plane 27 times, raised 2 humans and 60,000 bees on her own. Kate lived in Fairfax/San Anselmo for ten happy years.
One of the Best Documentaries of the Year – Video Librarian
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“Highly recommended” – Educational Media Review
“Unique, quizzical, quirky, and funny” – Film Threat