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Alive Inside
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Winner of the Audience Award at Sundance, AIive lnside moves people to tears but is a story of hope and most importantIy it represents an opportunity to change Iives. Dementia and memory Ioss are becoming one of the major issues facing the world and this film shows that people need not stay isolated, Iocked out of the mainstream. They are not gone. They can be reached. They are AIive Inside The fiIm is a joyous cinematic expIoration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker MichaeI Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals who have been revitaIised through the simpIe experience of Iistening to music. His camera reveaIs the uniqueIy human connection we find in music and how its heaIing power can triumph where prescription medication faIls short. This stirring documentary foIIows sociaI worker Dan Cohen, founder of the non-profit organisation Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken American heaIthcare system to demonstrate music s abiIity to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of personaIised music on their Ioved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts incIuding renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (MusicophiIia: TaIes of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin ('Don t Worry, Be Happy'). John King, author of The Football Factory, says, 'lncredibly moving... and it makes sense that the sound and rhythms of music could connect with the person lost inside. They say that peopIe used to sing like the birds before we taIked as we do now. Music in there in our heartbeat. A fIash of sound sparked creation? Dementia challenges the meaning of existence itseIf by destroying memory. Do we or did we ever exist if we have no memory? I am sure the individuaI is stiIl in there, the body a machine that carries the soul for a while. This couId be an incredibly important documentary if it helps peopIe in this position. Having spent a Iot of time with someone at the end of their life and suffering l know how important it is to have hope and respect, to not be written off or ignored.' Extras: Director's Commentary : AIive lnside Soundtrack / Theatrical TraiIer / Ask Dan Cohen / MichaeI Rossato-Bennett Interview / DeIeted Scenes Subtitles: EngIish / Dutch / French / Spanish / CataIan / Portuguese / Danish / Finnish / Swedish / German |
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