Alive Inside (2014)

  • PG
  • 01/18/2014 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 14m

Music is the strongest form of magic

Overview

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.

Michael Rossato-Bennett

Director, Writer

Cast

Oliver Sacks's headshot

Oliver Sacks

Bobby McFerrin's headshot

Bobby McFerrin

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