Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) founded the Gray Panthers after being forced to leave the workforce at the age of 65, in what Ralph Nader describes as "the most significant retirement in history." It galvanized Maggie's campaign against mandatory retirement and ageism. Her outrage fueled a political chain reaction that left society's treatment of older Americans forever changed. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection.
Premiere: Independent Lens, February 4, 2003 at 10PM
"...a remarkably thorough yet folksy piece, unapologetically worshipful and irreverent, illuminating and inspirational."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"The film, which combines interviews and news footage with whimsical animation, is as offbeat and spirited as Kuhn herself, who died after nearly 90 years of raising hell."
