But my mother learned how to do it. Those few minutes mean the world to me. DAN COHEN: Well, Denise is a bipolar schizophrenic, is very sort of busy with a lot of thoughts and trying to sort of make her way through the day. Copy may not be in its final form. ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. My dad passed away this past September to Alzheimer's at the age of 79. Cogan co-founded Gamechanger Films, which launched in September 2013. In the last years, he had it for 10 years and he was lucky enough to have one-on-one excellent care, and me, being an elder abuse lawyer helped, but you can?t stop the disease. The next day he was dead. Where is Alive Inside streaming? Now she resides in a nursing home which has been a blessing for her and our family. But then when you see themthe world kind of going into a place where theyre comfortable and where theyre deeply profound, that was what really blew me away, was that these people that sort of it seemed like everyone thinks are gone are literally capable of profound experience at the level that we are, you know, and that was a shocker for me. DAN COHEN: So, 1.6 million, approximately, living in 16,000 nursing homes, plus another million people living in assisted living facilities. DAN COHEN: Yes. I felt like my role in his last days was just, somehow or other, I was a conduit to him into another space that was peaceful and comfortable. to your inbox each morning. Her name is Maria Velasquez. Dementia and Alzheimer?s disease are not new to me; my grandfather developed the early stages around the time I was born and my grandmother was diagnosed while I was a kid. HUH, HUH, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE IT. And she wasn't senile. and all of a sudden he knew all the words and then the veil would come back down. Nell: She had severe dementia and her husband, Norman, had been her caregiver for ten years. All Michael Rossato-Bennett scripts | Michael Rossato-Bennett Scripts. One day we brought a cd player to the rehab facility along with some of her favorite music. I love this man with my whole heart and I share the pain of all those who are posting their stories. And you must always stand up for yourself. A kickstarter crowdfunding project to finish the film and develop an app was formed in 2012.[11]. Shur is brother to Alive Inside filmmaker Michael-Rossato-Bennett. But when we got introduced to the iPods and the family told me the things that she liked, it was amazing once we put the iPod on her. >> yeah. Text as delivered. last updated 30 July 2014. So he did that too, and we put him. He knew me. (creepy music intensifies) Mr. Foley? DAN COHEN: Yeah, so, with advanced dementia, when people no longer can recognize their own family members, they stop speaking. & there were several who would sing right along, remembering the melody & virtually every lyric!". Learn to Be Alive! They raised 7 kids, she?s never complained. 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), healthcare visionaries Dr. Bill Thomas, Dr. Al Powers, Naomi Fiel,and musician Bobby McFerrin (Dont Worry, Be Happy). And I feel a band of love, dream. You might be familiar with one of the central characters in the film, a 90-something Alzheimers patient named Henry Dryer. And I just put them on her head, and I said, I have to go, Grandma. She said, So then whats keeping you? And that just changed everything. My mother was 89 when she had a massive stroke. The documentary makers of Alive Inside posted video of Henry on YouTube in 2012. Overwatch - Alive (Script) | Genius Well, we watched this film on the plane from Tokyo, Japan, to Park City, Utah, and was totally astounded. And I still hear her voice in my head, everyday, to keep going, shoulders back, you're just as good as the next person. Democracy Now! Upload captions and transcripts. Discover Your True Self! I've forgotten so much. 0:00:00 NURSE: Denise is probably an extreme resident that we have here. Learn from Elderhood. In the early stages of her recovery from surgery she was very despondent and confused. And so, just because someone is in a nursing home, and theyre old, and they can no longer operate equipment, and they very often lose access to their favorite music, so we really want to restore that access for everyone, regardless of whether they have dementia or not. This picture of my grandparents at my wedding has been hanging in my office at work since 2005. Even though her eyes are closed and shes lying down in this fetal position, its just really moving to watch. We put the speaker in her wheelchair cupholder as we tour the halls of the nursing home where she lives. My father is a jazz musician and my mom has always been around music. Documentary at the festival. Compartment did you can tear the He resides in Laguna Beach, CA with his wife Madelyn and his two children Isabella and Dylan. Well, the film Alive Inside is now done and has just premiered here in Park City at the Sundance Film Festival. Samantha Gwilliam, Chad Daybell's sister-in-law, took the stand toward the end of the court day. My Grandma Howard taught me unconditional love, acceptance, and commitment to family. And then when I introduced the music to him, this is his reaction ever since. I need you to make sure she's alright. They connect with that. He came here, he wasn?t, like, dying. She looked me square in the eye and said "I love you." Most recently, she managed U.S. distribution for Teza the latest dramatic feature from celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima and led publicity for the home entertainment release of Spike Lees Red Hook Summer. His experience on this project sparked what is now a deep desire to discover new perspectives through the art of documentary narrative. The nurses started peeking their heads into the room to see what was going on. The documentary tells the story of patients and their experience with music therapy and creating personalized playlists for elderly patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease based on their music preferences. She is the founder of the Utah Film Center and co-founder of Impact Partners Film Fund with Dan Cogan. [ORCHESTRAL!MUSIC]! If you think Democracy Now!s reporting is a critical line of defense against war, climate catastrophe and fascism, please make your donation of $10 or more right now. To answer these questions and inspire action, we created The Alive Inside Foundation. and she would say ?A coyote with a pumpkin head is going to eat you if you don?t go to sleep? No, it's okay. After spending a little time together and if asked, who am I? One Christmas Mom and Dad gave me a stereo and it came with a cassette tape that Dad had made by recording a classical music radio station. Well, he was pretty much like my father as well for about 35 years because I was not close with my dad and Sandy and I have been together all these years and his dad was such a huge part of our lives and I loved him, loved him, loved him! Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted. She has had Alzheimer's for about 8 years and she is at the stage where her verbal communication is very low. Alive Inside Synopsis: 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. Yeah. Itaal Shur is best known for co-writing the Santana hit Smooth with Matchbox 20s Rob Thomas. But in those last years, she was very hard of hearing. That's how she raised me. 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 (Dont Worry, Be Happy). ME, IT BELONGS TO YOU." FRIEND, I WANT TO SAY, LIKEWISE, GOD IS IT BELONGS TO HIM. The clip begins with video of Dryer looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. We have been sharing the film Alive Inside throughout the community. Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory is a 2014 American documentary film directed and produced by Michael Rossato-Bennett. Her son was just amazed. I was so close to her that at night I would cry and my parents would have to call her and have me talk to her and she would say, ?OK, stop crying, go to sleep,? I was a dancer in school so music was important and Dad and I shared a love of classical music. And so, then, one of the first people, if not the first person, that I saw was Henry. And. Then shes given headphones playing salsa music. Mom has been in her own world with Alzheimer's for quite a while , mostly nonverbal a few words here and there, what a difference music has made to help us engage. By embracing client collaboration, its award-winning collective of thinkers, writers, artists and musicians efficiently translate brand ethos into engaging narratives and meaningful consumer dialogue, consistently generating quantifiable and powerful results. AMY GOODMAN: Set up this clip for us. They dont want to keep saying, What? Michael, let me ask you about that, that experience of not just music, but hearing peoples voices in full throttle. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. The clip ends with her standing up and dancing. Alive Inside' illustrates music's joyous power for dementia patients. I love her dearly and was so inspired by Alive Inside. I asked him which daughter he liked better, me "Joan" or "Carolyn" his other daughter. ? Some are additionally enveloped in a soft, lipid wrapping. Michael Rossato-Bennett is the Writer, Director and Producer of ALIVE INSIDE winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for U.S. The power of music to revive the human soul and reveal our deepest feelings is shown in this joyous and cinematic exploration of its effects. ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. The clip began with video of him looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. The doctors gave her 24 hours to live, they said she was paralyzed and had no hope. President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. What happened is, because she?s blind, she loves CNN, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, any progressive political whatever, my mother loves to listen to them and because she can?t hear well anymore, the TV would be turned up so loud that it would drive us all crazy so we went and got some wireless headphones and then she was sitting there with her wireless headphones one day and I had my iPod and so I thought, ?Well, we?ll connect them and see.? Shachar works extensively with musicians in the hip-hop community and New Yorks jazz scene and has shot music videos and live shows for MTV, VH1 and BET. This is me with my grandma, Marcella. I've been even blessed further being able to combine my clowning skills with music to share with other dementia patients at the facility. Transcript: An interview with Ian Chillag, creator of Everything is Alive