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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 26, 2021

Sheppard Mullin partner documentary about nonagenarians

Interview subjects include actor Dick Van Dyke, civil rights attorney Fred Gray, and drag queen performer Darcelle XV. The senior cast discussed love, loss, their careers, families and perspectives on historical events.

Sheppard Mullin partner documentary about nonagenarians
Robert Darwell of Sheppard Mullin made a documentary of interviews with iconic people in their 90s. (Courtesy of Sheppard Mullin)

Entertainment lawyer Robert A. Darwell tried his hand at filmmaking this year, focusing on those with perhaps the longest lens on modern history: People who've entered their 90s.

"I've always thought there's a lot to be learned from the well aged," Darwell said in a phone interview from his Century City office. "One thing we all have in common, if we're lucky, is that we'll all get older."

Amid the pandemic, Darw...

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