Run. Floss. Pray: Director Q&A for AGE GROUP WINNER
Tuesday, November 18 at 5PM ET
Location: Living Room Theaters
10-year project. 52 marathons. 1 story of resilience.
Join us for a special one-day screening of AGE GROUP WINNER followed by an in-person Q&A with filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson, whose deeply personal, decade-long documentary chronicles her father’s record-setting marathon journey… and her own.
Helgerson has committed to screening her film at 52 theaters nationwide, one for each of her father’s marathons, and Living Room Theaters is one of the stops.
Following the screening, stay for a thoughtful Q&A with Helgerson and Richard Propes, an Indianapolis-based, award-winning film critic and disability advocate known for his cross-country “Tenderness Tour,” raising awareness for child abuse prevention.
Whether you’re a runner, a dreamer, or someone chasing your next finish line, this story will move you.
Alexandra Helgerson, Filmmaker & Musician
Alexandra Helgerson is a filmmaker, actor and musician. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played basketball her freshman year.
After working in publishing in New York City, she began a career in acting. Notable roles include Viola and Rosaline for the American Shakespeare Center, Vivien in VIVIEN, and Brynne in the horror-comedy HAPPY ENDING. AGE GROUP WINNER, a ten year in the making cinema-verité documentary about her world record setting, marathon running father, is her directorial debut.
A recent survivor of sarcoma, Helgerson embraced the music of Taylor Swift after chemotherapy, and cites Swift’s songwriting as an influence for her debut album HALCYON DAYS, which will be released in the fall of 2025.
About the Film
Starring: Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron | Not Rated
In 1980 Jay Helgerson shocked the world, becoming the first person to run a marathon a week for a year – each race completed in under three hours. For the last ten years, his daughter, filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson, followed him with a camera in order to understand the eccentric man who raised her.
What she gets are his projected anxieties, his struggles with physical age and emotional distress, all while he endlessly trains for the Boston Marathon.
But as Jay trains, the film is nearly derailed by Alexandra’s encounter with a life threatening illness. Ultimately, AGE GROUP WINNER is an affirmation of the will to live.
