January 2011: Baby Boomers, where are films for us?

Demographics
We were born between 1944 and 1964
in the U.S. there are now 77 million of us (1 in 5).
60 million are 50 or older. If we are such a number, where are the movies to reflect this booming market?
Recently, I went with a friend to a Cinema 10 Complex, and out of ten movies, there wasn’t one I wished to see!
For three years, I tried to interest Hollywood in a bio pic about Rachel Carson who wrote Silent Spring which gave birth to the environmental movement. I walk into a studio and pitch the project to someone in their late 20’s or early 30’s, and their first question to me is, “Who is Rachel Carson?” This one will not fly, I think, and try and move on.
Of course, once in a while, good movies come. This year, 2010, there were two: one from UK: The King’s Speech, probably will win the Oscar for best film, writing, best actor, best supporting actor. The other is an independent film, Winter Bones, no stars and not a false note in the whole film. Haunting, this film will stay with you long after you leave the theater.
So, for the moment, I decide to write another book, rather than brave the fray in Hollywood. I have ever been handicapped by being able to write only the movies I wish to see…….