AGE GROUP WINNER

Name: AGE GROUP WINNER
Start: 2025-08-15T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 79 Beach Rd, Vineyard Haven, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02568

Schedule

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

79 Beach Rd, Vineyard Haven, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02568 | Vineyard Haven, MA

Followed by a live discussion with director Alexandra Helgerson!
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.