Alive Inside (2014)
8KAlive Inside: Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett. With Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Nell Hardie, Norman Hardie. Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music u0026 Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.
“Dementia affects around 46,8 millions of people around the world and Alzheimer Disease is the main cause of it. This devastating pathology takes away from you the most important treasure: your memories. You unlearn how to eat, how to dress, how to talk and even how to live. You become dependent. But if instead just medicines, music had an important healing power? In u0026quot;Alive Insideu0026quot;, a Michael Bennett documentary, we saw the brilliant idea of Dan Cohen, a social worker, be successfully applied – listening music can renew dignity of those who have forgotten their own value. Released in 2014, this delightful film shows the reaction of Alzheimeru0026#39;s heroes and other dementias to listening to personalized music – they awake from a deep sleep and become alive again. Itu0026#39;s joyful to see them dancing, singing and talk about it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFinally, we follow his fight in order that the highest number of nursing homes in the United States can adopt your therapy. Touching and inspiring, this movie teach us the sense of humanity, showing that difference can and should be done.”
