Documentary by Michael Rossato-Bennett awarded at the Sundance Festival that shows the importance of music in the treatment of senile dementia.
Michael Rossato-Bennett | 2014 | United States | 74'
Senile dementia affects millions of elderly people around the world. Alive inside reveals a notable advance in the treatment of this disease thanks to the use of music. The documentary follows Dan Cohen for years, a social worker who discovers how songs that are part of a patient's past can awaken in him or her memories and emotions that have been dormant for years and even decades. Audience Award at the Sundance Festival. Special participation by researcher Oliver Sacks, who passed away this year.
PROTAGONIST(S): Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Nell Hardie, Norman Hardie, Bobby McFerrin, Michael Rossato-Bennett, Yvonne Russell, Oliver Sacks, Bill Thomas, Doug Thompson, Mary Lou Thompson, Connie Tomiano, Peter Whitehouse
SCREENWRITER(S): Michael Rossato-Bennett
COMPOSITOR(ES): Itaal Shur
PRODUCER(ES): Diana Barrett, Eric J. Bertrand, Daniel E. Catullo, Jonathan Clasberry, Dan Cogan
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English (Spanish subtitles).
Senile dementia affects millions of elderly people around the world. Alive inside reveals a notable advance in the treatment of this disease thanks to the use of music. The documentary follows Dan Cohen for years, a social worker who discovers how songs that are part of a patient's past can awaken in him or her memories and emotions that have been dormant for years and even decades. Audience Award at the Sundance Festival. Special participation by researcher Oliver Sacks, who passed away this year.
PROTAGONIST(S): Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Nell Hardie, Norman Hardie, Bobby McFerrin, Michael Rossato-Bennett, Yvonne Russell, Oliver Sacks, Bill Thomas, Doug Thompson, Mary Lou Thompson, Connie Tomiano, Peter Whitehouse
SCREENWRITER(S): Michael Rossato-Bennett
COMPOSITOR(ES): Itaal Shur
PRODUCER(ES): Diana Barrett, Eric J. Bertrand, Daniel E. Catullo, Jonathan Clasberry, Dan Cogan
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English (Spanish subtitles).
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