As 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, the US faces serious questions about the role of seniors in families, communities and society at large. FLORIDA WATER explores these issues through the parallel but divergent lives of two retired seniors, Boomer and David. David and Boomer are residents of Nalcrest, a retirement community in central Florida. What should be a period of ultimate ease, however, soon reveals itself to be far more complex as David and Boomer both deal with health crises that force sea-change upon the sunset of their lives.
Hazel Katz is a Los Angeles-based video artist and filmmaker focusing on the politics of visibility through reenactment and pop culture archives. Her 2017 short film “Bubby & Them” won top international film at WNDX festival. Hazel’s work has been supported by MOMA PS1, Tate Modern, and festivals internationally, and her 2019 feature documentary “Florida Water” is now distributed by Collective Eye Films. Hazel recently completed a yearlong collaborative residency at UnionDocs and is currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts at UC San Diego.
