Old-Fashioned Woman (1974)

• 72%
• 1974
• Documentary
• Martha Coolidge

A documentary film portrait of the filmmaker's New England grandmother. With humor, charm, and intelligence, and illustrated by her many photographs, Mabel Coolidge tells of her life: growing up in Massachusetts, getting her first camera, attending Smith College, designing and building her dream house, being married to the Lieutenant Governor, and outliving most of her family members. She shares how the values of a different world helped her navigate her own.