I recently had the privilege of attending an advance screening of the documentary Young @ Heart. What a truly great film this is. It is my understanding that it was originally made for British TV, but this clearly has much higher aspirations than that.

The film follows the acclaimed, Massachusetts-based Young@Heart Chorus for 7 weeks as they prepare for a new tour. What makes this group so unique is that the average age is over 80 years old and they sing rock music (everything from Sonic Youth to James Brown). And boy can they sing! Young @ Heart is both hilarious and inspiring (not to mention heart breaking). My words do it little justice, so watch the trailer right now:

It will be opening in select theaters across North America on April 9th, so check your theater.

In the meantime, you can read this original poem from the beloved star, Fred Knittle, who coincidentally also sings Coldplay’s Fix You… a version way better than the original: