ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

An Award-Winning Film about Sexuality and Aging


Rose and Mr. Morris in bed.

by Judith Keller,
producer and writer of And the Home of the Brave
"...challenges stereotypes most of us don't even know we have."
--Indiana University Center on Aging
"...established the standard against which subsequent films and videos would be judged."
--Sexuality and Disability
Rose Gordon, a 79-year-old woman in a nursing home, is discovered in the bed of a male resident. We see the relationship between Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Morris as warm, intimate and fulfilling, but threatened by the administration and staff of the home, Mrs. Gordon's family and the very architecture of the institution. The film explores the reactions of other people to a loving relationship between an aging pair and the pressures that are brought to end its "unseemliness".

REVIEWS

"...the first step toward resolving problems of sexuality and aging."
--THE GERONTOLOGIST

"...a sparkling success...generated 'standing room only'."
--AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING

"...a must for nursing home administrators and staff."
--AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SEX EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS

"Tenants were thinking and sharing on a deeper level than ever before."
--SISTER DONNA LORETTO GUNN, CSJ, Former Director of Housing Programing, Cardinal Ritter Institute, St. Louis

"...valuable teaching tool"
--RICHARD BESDINE, M.D., HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

"...sensitive and intelligent..."
--BALTIMORE SUN

"...[when] Rose by Any Other Name was released, it became an almost immediate favorite as a 15-minute trigger film... The first audiovisual production that skillfully addressed the issues of personal privacy within a nursing home setting."
--SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1993


Rose by Any Other Name is a trigger film about the older person's search for closeness, privacy and love. It fills the need for a sensitive, nonclinical, educational film that portrays the experiences of older people living in long-term care facilities. Attitudes towards the elderly and their sexual needs are explored in a tactful and delicate manner, using a dramatic story rather than a documentary approach. The film is designed to help older people and their families and those with policy-making responsibilities develop informed judgments about lifelong needs for affection, privacy and sexuality. ISBN 1-879015-01-3


AUDIENCES

Rose by Any Other Name is a film for everyone. We are all aging. It serves as a springboard for discussion in groups, classes and workshops.


Professionals, paraprofessionals and all who work with the elderly:
long-term care personnel
community service personnel
sex educators
therapists
architects
clergy
ombudsmen
nurses
social workers
physicians
volunteers
administrators
Faculty and students in professional, technical and continuing education and secondary schools. For classes in:
gerontology
social policy
administration
health education
retirement planning
psychology
sociology
human relations
sex education
law
Older people and their families
Service, fraternal and religious organizations, unions, and libraries


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