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2022 / 14 minutes

Directed by
LeAnn Erickson
Country of production
United States

The filmmaker, a lesbian, feminist baby boomer, shares her coming out story with the help of exercise guru Jack LaLanne. Combining animation with the written memoir, I (heart) Jack LaLanne pushes the conventions of documentary film. This LGBTQ+ coming of age story also addresses the ramifications of female aging in a society obsessed with youth.

In the 2023 RAI Film Fest , Animation category