# animate! › Films › The Old Fools by Ruth Lingford › background material

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, animated typography, live action and animation, ageing, death, parents, poetry film, filmmaker, animator

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**The Old Fools** a film by Ruth Lingford

2002, 5 min 37 sec

**The Old Fools** film, stills and other materials © Ruth Lingford 2002