Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation

[Available on various VOD platforms and played April 30 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups.] Richard Lui's sobering, inspirational, heartbreaking, uplifting, 79-minute documentary that focuses on the selfless teenage children—of which there are more than 5.4 million caregivers—from five families who are caring for a disabled military veteran family member, including cheerleading 15-year-old Deryn Allen who cares for her double-amputee father Chaz in McMinnville, TN; teenage daughter Rhianna who cares for her Marine father Brian Alvarado afflicted with throat cancer in Long Beach, CA; son Rob Grier Jr. and daughter Camille caring for Alzheimer's-afflicted veteran Rob Grier in Wexford, PA; the Kapanui family caring for Alzheimer's-afflicted grandfather Bobby Nawai in Waimea, HI; and teenager Jenna caring for her veteran father Bill Ploof who suffered a stroke in Howell, MI.
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