Toward immortality

Interviewees, Dr. Robert Butler, Dr. Roy Walford, Dr. Edward Masoro, Dr. Howard Hopps, Edward Schneiderm, Susan Fortney, Anderson Smith

Host, Collin Siedor

Photographer/editor, Steve Byerly ; original music, Psyco-Sync

Title from film

Film: 960 ft

Intended audience: Adults

Issued also as videorecording

Discussion guide includes introduction, objectives, activity suggestions, synopsis, and discussion suggestions

Examines the meaning of increasing longevity, including the reasons, implications, and the problems and issues involved in living longer lives. Looks at the research related to aging process intervention and the extension of human longevity. Indicates that future extensions of the human lifespan will not result from medical advances in the conquering of diseases, but from lifestyle, environment, and biological/genetic factors. Suggests that humans will not simply extend the number of years lived, but will also extend the vigor of youth and middle age to much later in the lifespan