Alive Inside
- Released on
Documentary
•- Runtime
- 74 mins
(72 votes)
Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted.
Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted.
Cast
- Oliver Sacks
- Bobby McFerrin
Director
- Michael Rossato-Bennett
Producers
- Regina K. Scully
- Alexandra McDougald
- Michael Rossato-Bennett
