Ask the Filmmaker

Film Length: 90 min.
Premiere Date: Nov. 11, 2009
Encore Broadcast Dates: Aug. 3, 2010
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Filmmaker(s): Aron Gaudet
Press: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/pov/downloads/2009/pov-waywegetby-critical-acclaim.pdf">Critical Acclaim | Fact Sheet | Press Release | <a href="https://www.pbs.org/pov/pressroom/2009/the-way-we-get-by-airs-on-veterans-day.php">Veterans Day Broadcast

Filmmaker Aron Gaudet answered viewer questions on the PBS Engage Blog! Aron talked about how you can support the troops, the politics of The Way We Get By, how to get in touch with Bill, Joan and Jerry and more.

The Way We Get By is about three people, not about military or political combat. It strikes a deep, rich vein of emotion that flows through America's elderly, and it should be required viewing for those who think they know exactly what America is about...The Way We Get By is as much art as it is documentary.

— Dan Zak, Washington Post

The Way We Get By is an Iraq War documentary, albeit in the loosest sense...a lovely, uncondescending look at three lives enriched by kindness.

— Dan Zak, Washington Post

The dignity and integrity of these people will stir even the coldest heart.

— Robyn Hillman-Harrigan,The Huffington Post

[P]layed out against a backdrop of small acts of generosity and empathy, and small, fleeting dramas at Bangor's airport...it's about the universal struggles of growing old.

— Linda Matchan, The Boston Globe