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100 Women: Life, Death and Cheerleading

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The Poms Cheerleading Group

03/12/2016 GMT

Life, Death and Cheerleading

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The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age

Sun City is one of America's biggest retirement communities and home to the Poms, a group of amazing women aged between 55 and 85. We follow the Poms as they rehearse for one of their biggest parades of the year. They train hard, squeezing into unforgiving sequined leotards, doing the splits and balancing as human pyramids. Aside from being a funny journey, their story is also one of courage in the face of mortality and high-kicking against ageism.

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