Premieres Wednesday, March 24 at 10 p.m.

Re-airs Friday, march 26 at 3 a.m.

FAST-FORWARD: LOOK INTO YOUR FUTURE  isa new documentary and multi-platform initiative that accelerates the aging process for millennials and baby boomers, and encourages families to begin conversations about what it takes to age well together. FAST-FORWARD follows four families as they face the physical, social and economic realities of aging and learn what it takes to age with empathy, dignity and support. Narrated by artist, designer, and activist Rosario Dawson, the hour-long documentary premieres Wednesday, March 24 at 10:00 p.m. on Southern Oregon PBS, as well as PBSstations nationwide, pbs.org and the PBS Video app.

Directed by Michael Eric Hurtig, FAST-FORWARD invites audiences of all ages to join a critical dialogue on aging and life planning with their loved ones. Throughout the documentary, daughters and sons, along with their mothers and fathers, are challenged to experience what aging feels like first-hand through the MIT A.G.N.E.S. suit that speeds up the physical aging process 30 years.

“While we knew bringing millennials and boomers together to have ‘the conversation’ on aging would be an underlying dynamic of our film, we still needed something to jolt our cast into an exploration of their greatest aging fears and expectations,” said Hurtig. “Using MIT’s immersive A.G.N.E.S. aging suit as a starting point, we brought their futures to life. We designed 360-degree experiences for our cast, effectively creating an aging boot-camp that galvanized and led them to work through tough issues together. Every family’s aging story is different. With this film we hope to inspire viewers to embark on their own time travel experiment to explore how they are prepared for what life ahead looks like together.”

FAST-FORWARD’s March premiere will be accompanied by resources families can use to integrate the film’s recommendations into their own lives. These resources, created by Next Avenue, public media’s service for older adults, include email courses, guides, community screenings and conversations with local partners.