A couple discovers that they are part of a growing epidemic of loneliness.
They discover how people around the world are overcoming it.
The filmmakers admit their own loneliness...
Joseph Applebaum
Producer
Joe is a television broadcast producer and documentary filmmaker with over 20 years experience in the national entertainment industry covering most formats of the unscripted genre.
Past clients have included Buena Vista Entertainment (Disney), Merv Griffin Entertainment, Comedy Central, MTV, LOGO, BET, FX, Lifetime, NBC, CBS and FOX networks.
Applebaum is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and is a native of Mill Valley, California.
He and his husband/business partner currently reside in San Francisco, CA.
Stu Maddux
Writer/Director
Stu is an award winning producer and director of non-fiction media with international credits including PBS, Showtime, TLC, VH1, Spike, Logo, CMT and BBC.
His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, VICE and NPR’s Morning Edition among others.
His honors include seven regional Emmy Awards. as well as awards from film festivals on five continents.
Maddux is an outspoken activist for the LGBTQ aging and LGBTQ history movements. He has spoken at national conferences including the Out & Equal, Creating Change, the American Psychological Association and the American Society on Aging.
He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.