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My elder friends
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My elder friends

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Documentary

Uruguay’s first sustained and systematic intergenerational initiative: a documentary following the daily encounters between older adults living in a nursing home and young children from a kindergarten.

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Directors
Camila Ritorni
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Countries
Uruguay
Status
Released

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SoniaNursing home resident
CatalinaNursing home resident
MatildeNursing home resident
DelfinaKindergarten student
AlfonsinaKindergarten student
MatiasKindergarten student
LeylaKindergarten student
IracemaNursing Home resident
Susana
Gonzalo Ribas
Agustina
Gabriela Martinez Tejedor
ValentinaPsychologist
WalterNursing Home resident
LalaKindergarten director

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