Alive Inside (2014) on Netflix
NR20141h 18mDocumentaryMusic
Social worker Dan Cohen, founder of Music & Memory, brings personalized music to nursing home residents with dementia and Alzheimer's. He fights a broken health-care system.
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Featurette
Plot summary
The documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken health-care system to demonstrate music's ability 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 personalized music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy").
Cast
- Louise Duenoas Self
- Nell Hardieas Self
- Norman Hardieas Self
- Michael Rossato-Bennettas Self
- Yvonne Russellas Self
- Doug Thompsonas Self
- Mary Lou Thompsonas Self
- Connie Tomianoas Self
