FILMMAKER SAM GREEN ON THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD

On tonight’s show, we’ll be joined by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green to discuss his new film, The Oldest Person in the World, a decade-long odyssey chronicling the ever-changing record-holder of the title of oldest person alive.

As the title inevitably passes from one super-centenarian to the next, Green traverses the globe to meet each new title holder, his personal fascination with what the title means becoming entangled with events and milestones in his own life. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate and the joy and profound human experience of being alive.

Sam Green and his core creative team intend to continue filming the oldest person in the world for the rest of their lives, using the material to make a film every ten years. In this way, it will become an ever-evolving “living film,” a form mirroring the impossible-to-predict nature of our existence.

Sam Green is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and The Oldest Person in the World marked his seventh feature documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. His previous film, 32 Sounds, was an Oscar Short list for Best Documentary, and won Cinema Eye Honor. It played opening night at both the 2022 Sundance and SXSW festivals. Sam’s other “live documentaries” include A Thousand Thoughts (with the Kronos Quartet), The Measure of All
Things, The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (withYo LaTengo), and Utopia in Four Movements.With all of these works, he narrates the film in-person while musicians perform a live soundtrack. Green’s 2004 feature-length film, The Weather Underground, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for an Academy Award and was included in the WhitneyBiennial. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Oldest Person in the World will open on Thursday, September 10 at New York's Angelika Film Center. 18 West Houston Street, followed by openings in Los Angeles and the Bay Area on Friday, September 18, with other national dates to follow.