Love It Like a Fool

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working. That'll take away your blues

Released August 18, 1977

Overview

A documentary film about the (then) 76 year old American folk songwriter Malvina Reynolds. Through the film, viewers follow Malvina as she composes, records an album, performs in concert, rehearses with young musicians and manages her record and publishing companies. We get to see Malvina's attitudes towards aging and dying, her thoughts about romance and her ideas about social change.