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SPARKLE -- Sensei Fran Kicks Ass: Film and Discussion

When:

Wednesday, January 08, 2020, 2:00 PM until 3:30 PM

Where:

Silver Spring Civic Building
1 Veterans Plaza
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Category:

Educational

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Join us for a screening of Sensei Fran Kicks Ass: Redefine What It Means to Age with filmmaker Simone Fary and blackbelt Fran Vall Wednesday, January 8th @ 2pm in the Silver Spring Civic Building.

Octogenarian Fran Vall holds a 6th degree black belt in Judo and a 5th one in Naginata (Japanese sword fighting). In addition to mentoring at three martial arts clubs she still finds time to work as a ski and snowboard instructor and volunteer in her community. Guided by her Jewish faith and quest to never stop learning, Sensei Fran became proficient in all of these arts during her years in the Foreign Service, living in places such as Japan, Afghanistan and the Sudan.

About the Filmmaker

Simone Fary with Nerds Make Media is an educational media specialist with a Masters Degree in Instructional Design. She has also produced and directed The Life of Cheng Se Tseo in His Own Words, co-produced American Feud: Â A History of Conservative and Liberals and the upcoming documentary Confounding Father:Â A Contrarian View of the Constitution.

Simone also co-founded and co-facilitates the Docs in Progress/Women in Film and Video Roundtable.

Wednesday January 8 at 2:00 at the Silver Spring Civic Building. RSVP via the Village website calendar, by email to programs@silverspringvillage.org, or by phoning the Village at 301-503-7401.