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>>> AREA CODES, WE ARE KEEPING IT 4@IN THE 202, THE KENNEDY
CENTER IS IN4@ CULTURAL
LANDMARKS, MUSICIANS, ACTORS,
CELEBRITIES, HAVE SET FOOT
INSIDE THIS BUILDING.
THIS YEAR, MANY OF THE
PERFORMANCES WERE CANCELED OR
POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE CORONA
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. A NEW FILM IS BRINGING A LITTLE
LIFE BACK TO THE KENNEDY
CENTER, IT IS CALLED DIARIES OF
THE NEXT GREATEST GENERATION.
IT WILL BE SHOWN AS A DRIVE IN
MOVIE IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY,
THE FILM FOCUSES ON A GROUP OF
UNSUNG HEROES, YOUNG PEOPLE
CARING FOR VETERANS.
HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK.
>> HAVE TO GROW UP A LITTLE
FASTER THAN I SHOULD.
>> SCHOOL WILL ALWAYS BE THERE,
GRANDPA WON'T. 4@
TO LOSE HIM WOULD BE A LOT.4@
>> MY DAD CAN'T DRIVE ANYMORE.
RIGHT AFTER HE HAD HIS LEG
AMPUTATED, WE WERE HOME.
I 4@PAY A VAST MAJORITY OF THE
BELLS.
BELLS.
BELLS. >>
BELLS. >> A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE CAN
SEE THE WOUND, THEY DON'T THINK
ABOUT WHO ELSE IS AFFECTED BY
THE VETERAN.
THE VETERAN. >> JUST BECAUSE YOU BRING THESE
GUYS HOME DOESN'T MEAN YOU 4@AR
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. >>
DONE. >> JOINING ME IS THE FILM MAKER
, RICHARD LUI, THIS FILM GIVES
US A WINDOW INTO THE LIVES 4@OF
FIVE CAREGIVERS LOOKING AT
LOVED ONES WHO SERVED IN THE
MILITARY, WHAT WAS YOUR
INSPIRATION?4@
INSPIRATION?4@ >> FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR
HAVING US TONIGHT, IT STARTED
WITH ME CARING FOR MY FATHER
WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S, SEVEN
YEARS AGO, ME HAVING TO FLY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM NEW
YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, I
STARTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT
MEANT TO BE A FAMILY CAREGIVER,
SO, I WANTED TO LOOK INTO THESE
YOUNG CAREGIVERS, THEY ARE
INSPIRATIONAL, WE DON'T TALK
ABOUT THEM, IF4@ YOU, THE NUMBE
OVER 5 MILLION CHILDREN CARING4
FOR A LOVED ONE WITH A
DISABILITY.
DISABILITY. >> TH4@ESE YOUNG PEOPLE, DO THE
GET TRAINING FOR THIS?
I AM 4@SURE THIS IS SOMETHING
THEY HADN'T ANTICIPATED.
>> THEY DON'T, WE SAY THEY LIVE
DOUBLE LIVES, YOU REMEMBER WHEN
YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU
JUST WANTED TO FIT IN, THAT IS
WHAT THEY DO, THEN WHEN THEY GO
HOME, THEY TURN INTO THESE FULL-
TIME CAREGIVERS, THERE IS NO
TRAINING, MANY OF US DON'T GET
THAT TRAINI4@NG, WHEN I CARED F
MY FATHER, I HAD ZERO TRAINING4
THE ONE THING YOU SEE IS THAT
THEY REALLY LOVE THEIR PARENTS.
THAT IS THE DYNAMIC OF THE
FILM.
FILM.
FILM. >>
FILM. >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES YOU FACE?
>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS,
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DONE THIS
FOR SO MANY DECADES, YOU GO
THROUGH THE INTERVIEW, HOW WILL
TH4@EY OPEN UP, VERY PERSONAL
STORY, WITH ME, AS I AM
SPEAKING WITH THEM, THEY WERE
SO OPEN4@, AND WE LEFT A LOT ON
THE CUTTING ROOM 4@FLOOR BECAUS
AT THE CORE, WE WANTED TO SHOW
WHAT IT MEANT TO CARE FOR OTHER
PEOPLE, AND HOW A 12-YEAR-OLD
AND A 15 AND AN 18, 21, 26-YEAR-
OLD DOES THAT SELFLESSLY.4@
>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE
AWAY FROM THIS FILM?4@
>> THE CALL TO ACTION IS,4@ DO
THIS, IT IS WORTH IT,4@ IT IS N
A SACRIFICE, IT IS ACTUALLY,
POTENTIALLY, SOMETHING THAT IS4
ADDED TO THEIR LIVES, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT YOUNG CAREGIVERS, WE 4@
ALL HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, YOU
LOOK AT THE NEXT GENERATION, I
WENT THROUGH IT, THE
GENERATIONS AFTER, YOU ONLY
CARE ABOUT 4@YOURSELF, AND THE
REASON WHY, WHEN WE WERE
STRUGGLING WITH THE NAME OF WHY
IT WOULD BE4@ DIARIES OF THE NE
GREATEST GENERATION, I REALLY
DO FEEL COMFORTABLE, BRUCE,
THAT THEY ARE A BOLD HOPE, WE
WANTED TO COME TO THE KENNEDY
CENTER AND SHOW THAT, AMERICA
STRONG, IN THIS TIME OF
PANDEMIC, RACIAL PANDEMIC,
VIRAL PANDEMIC, ECONOMICS, WE
CAN STILL SHOW UP HERE AT THE
CULTURAL CENTER OF 4@OUR COUNTR
HAVE A DRIVE IN, SOCIALLY
DISTANCE TO AND ISOLATED4@ TO B
CREATIVE, 4@BUT TO STAND UP AND
SHOW ALL THESE YOUNG
CAREGIVERS, YOU ARE WORTH ALL
OF THIS, THESE 50 CARS
REPRESENTING 50 STATES OF OUR
UNION.
UNION.
UNION. THAT IS HOW STRONGLY WE FELT
ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES, AND THIS IS FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH4@ FOR MAKING
THIS FILM, THANKS FOR JOINING
US HERE.4@
US HERE.4@ THE SCREENIN4@G4@ OF THE STORM
THE KENNEDY CENTER IS A PRIVATE
EVENT, BUT YOU CAN WATCH