Director Saffron Cassaday’s documentary Cyber-Seniors (pictured) has secured deals with broadcast, digital and DVD distributors. Virgil Films & Entertainment has picked up the North American digital rights, Autlook took international broadcast rights, and Passion River Films will handle worldwide public screenings and an educational DVD release. The film, which focuses on a group of senior citizens who delve […]
Read MoreA Canadian made documentary about the digital media experiences of a group of senior citizens will be available to broadcast, digital and education platforms worldwide under terms of a newly signed international deal. The production team behind Cyber Seniors have announced new distribution agreements for the oft-heralded documentary. The doc marks the directorial debut of Toronto-based Saffron […]
Read MoreThis afternoon at the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) conference in Washington, DC, I saw clips from a documentary, Cyber-Seniors, about teenage volunteers in Toronto who work with elders — people in their mid to late 80s and older — and the rich clarity of their interactions. Many of these people retired before computers appeared […]
Read MoreTeenagers taught Margaret Stewart so much about technology in one hour that she’s going iPad shopping this weekend. Although she has an iPhone, the senior and former teacher said she wasn’t using it to capacity. With her eyesight going, Stewart wanted to move on to the larger iPad but had no idea how to use […]
Read MoreSuperior Collegiate High School students are helping local seniors learn more about computers. The grade nine and ten business tech class will be teaching them how to set up e-mail accounts and how to use various social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Recently a documentary about the Cyber Seniors program was shown at Lakehead […]
Read Morehere were many reactions Verizon Wireless salesman Joseph Ramireza expected to hear when he introduced an iPhone to his oldest client this year. It would have been perfectly normal for the elderly Minnesota man to show confusion, maybe curiosity, possibly indifference. Instead, the 85-year-old said this: “Wow, I have got to show this to my […]
Read MoreGrandmas, it seems, have taken to Facebook. And although the site is phasing out of popularity among young people, seniors are fully embracing it. The number of adults 65 and older who use the Internet has increased to 59 per cent from 14 per cent since 2000. And in that group, nearly half use a […]
Read MoreHow about to share your best selfie with your friends on Facebook? How about to share your thoughts about opera, chess or popular music on YouTube? And your favorite recipes? That is happening with a group of Toronto’s seniors. And the world knows it by a movie called Cyber-Seniors Documentary. According The Huffington Post Cyberseniors is a “must-see movie”: …A heartwarming […]
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