BFT Interview: Alexandra Helgerson

08/05/2025 14 min
BFT Interview: Alexandra Helgerson

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Filmmaker Alexandra Helgerson joins the program to discuss her film, Age Group Winner. The film is about Helgerson's father, who shocked the world by becoming the first person to run one marathon a week for a year, each race completed in under three hours. Helgerson talks about some of the 10 new minutes she added to the film and what her father was like growing up. Helgerson talks about growing up at Jesuit High School and when she learned she wanted to be a performer.