hot docs: hell's grannies

jason gileno’s hells’s grannies was screened with girl inside as part of the canadian spectrum. hell’s grannies is a short documentary, following a group of elderly women who are lead by sybil rampen, 75 who decided as she got older to do something about the rut that often accompanies aging. they create a book of them posing with motorcycles and appear on tv shows. the documentary also follows their trip to port dover for the friday the 13^th biker gathering where they attempt to sell their book and see where they fit in the biker world. the grannies themselves were cute and the film had a positive message of not letting your age determine your behaviour, but overall i felt like it wasn’t very cohesive and after it was over, i was still unclear on whether the grannies actually rode motorcycles. during the q&a, this question was asked and apparently not all of the grannies ride. i got the impression that the film was edited quickly because some of the footage was from about two weeks earlier and would have benefited from more time and a lengthier running time.