Florida Water

As 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, the US faces serious questions about the role of seniors in families, communities and society at large. Florida Water explores these issues through the parallel but divergent lives of two retired seniors, Boomer and David. Boomer is a second-generation German-American and a Vietnam vet; David is a devout Christian from rural Florida. They both live in Nalcrest, a Florida retirement community built by the letter carriers union in 1963. In the story of their aging lies a counter narrative that complicates depictions of disempowered communities and helps us understand not just how seniors deal with death, illness and grief, but also how they live day to day, in many ways apart from the rest of society.