Dan has spent most of his career helping individuals and organizations better leverage technology. And then, when he got his headphones and when he came aliveyou know, we talk about it in the film, but there is sort of a kinesthetic reaction that happens to you. It was just incredible. A couple of weeks into it, he went onto hospice, one day, the next day they said, ?He?s not in an active dying phase.? Her independent producing credits include the Academy Award winning Born Into Brothels; Emmy nominated The Day My God Died; Academy Award nominated The Square, Academy Award nominated The Invisible War and multiple film festival winners. Itaal Shur is best known for co-writing the Santana hit Smooth with Matchbox 20s Rob Thomas. Could a pair of headphones change the lives of millions of Americans suffering from Alzheimers and dementia? My mother never gave up on me. I can't remember. covers war or gun violence, were not brought to you by the weapons manufacturers. It just doesntits not reimbursable. I met Michael Rossato Bennett at a premiere showing of Alive Inside and he suggested getting a splitter so that we could use two headphones at the same time. He is my papa-bear (Neil), he would put me on the top of his feet and dance with me when i was little and a song he liked came on the radio. After the therapy, Gill was depicted as being much happier, because as G. Allen Power, a geriatrician stated, "music creates spontaneity that you cannot create in an institution". Text ALIVE to 55741 ALIVE INSIDE 237 ELDRIDGE STREET, Suite #7. A lover of art, he is known for his work in music video and video installation. And I really hope that these memories will be kept safe for when we really need them late on. But to end this email on a nice note (pardon the pun) - my Mom has 2 hourly sessions of music therapy a week now. Then, whenever she thought she had it, she would always say, ?now let?s sing it as fast as we can!? That's the name of a new documentary that examines how music. With more than five million Americans living with dementia or memory loss, Dan is hoping to greatly expand his program. ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. When I walked into the anatomy lab for the first time, I was sort of It's heartbreaking to watch her in her memory care facility. He is a social worker, founding executive director of Music & Memory. She is still getting used to it, I think. Where's mom? While she never did end up getting the lyrics right, I sure loved to hear her try! I spoke into the mic, and I put the headphones on her. They are considered "spoilery" for those who did not watch the specific episode and can be read to catch up. That?s a picture of my dad and I, a month after we moved him to California to be with us at the end of his Alzheimer?s, and it ended up being the last picture ever taken with him. 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. DAN COHEN: Yes. When the song ended, Delia turned to Jeff, her husband, gave him a little shove on the arm, and told him what a funny guy he was. 1 May 2023. She likes Charlie Pride, she likes Merl Haggard, she likes The Sound of Music, Frank Sinatra, etc. Are you alright? Documentary and through film he strives to incite conversations that interrogate issues related to cultural consciousness. You might be familiar with one of the central characters in the film, a 90-something Alzheimers patient named Henry Dryer. We used to turn on "James Taylor" Pandora station and hang out on the weekends, talking about school and work, while cooking amazing food with family and friends while sharing a drink or two. Change an Elder's Life. In nursing homeswere not talking about rat-infested, cockroach-crawling nursing homesthe very opposite. Since its inception in 2007, Impact Partners has been involved in the financing of over 50 films, including: The Cove, which won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature; The Garden, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2009; Hell and Back Again, which won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Cinematography Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2012; and How To Survive A Plague, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2013. 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. Israeli-born and Brooklyn-based, hes been gaining recognition in his field, garnering awards such as the Eastman Kodak Award for Excellence in Cinematography. DAN COHEN: Yeah, so, with advanced dementia, when people no longer can recognize their own family members, they stop speaking. 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. She had difficulty formulating words and often lost her train of thought. I thought that was a great co-incidence! YOU ARE THE MASTER. Documentary Competition program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. I'm 46, I'm a two times cancer survivor, I have a phd, I am still challenging the medical profession 40 years later. Life Inside 2019-09-10 | Lester Holt spends two nights embedded inside the largest maximum security prison in America, the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola. My favorite music related memory of her is from 1994 when John Michael Montgomery?s song, ?Be My Baby Tonight? She did not suffer from dementia. I go back 2 or 3 times a year, and my sisters and I, we set up a joint account for her to help pay for her care, and she?s been at home. It was so beautiful. 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. We have found that she loves to hear music especially some of her favorites like Marc Antony and Bette Midler. He knew me. -Amy Goodman. When I am in her presence I sing, dance, walk, laugh, hug and hold her hands. Thats the name of a new documentary that examines how music helps those with Alzheimers. "[15] He says the film is "scattered but moving", adding that "The most potent emotional response comes from the mixture of joy, gratitude and recognition of the passage of time visible on a handful of respondents' faces as they're experiencing a song from their younger days. Forty percent of those folks in assisted living have some form of dementia, as well. One million people in nursing home. She has had Alzheimer's for about 8 years and she is at the stage where her verbal communication is very low. too seriously. IT BELONGS TO YOU. I keep this picture in my office; my Dad died of melanoma that spread to his brain. Then an accident made me the impossible. The original content of this program is licensed under a. 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The condition that was so foreign to my parents has been an almost constant circumstance in my life. The clip began with video of him looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. Please give today. It has now been 3 years, my mother Rose Ross is 92, she laughs and jokes. AMY GOODMAN: And talk about how it taps into something. Where is Alive Inside streaming? she loves that one. Due to these transcripts being from the show, don't claim them as your own work, that . Text as delivered. Regina K. Scully is an Academy Award-nominated executive producer, most recently for the 2013 powerful documentary called the Invisible War, a film about the epidemic rapes of women and men in the military. I was her first grandchild. Cogan co-founded Gamechanger Films, which launched in September 2013. When you see somebody like come to life, it really just completely does something to you. Several years ago my mother broke her leg and was diagnosed with Alzheimer?s at the same time. But still, for people who are cognitively sharp as a tack but have physical issues, it really transformed their mood, their emotion. Since his diagnosis in 2006 we have had to go through the painful decline over the years and it has not been easy seeing him disappear in front of our very eyes. The clip begins with video of Dryer looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. Geralyn Dreyfous has a wide, distinguished background in the arts and participates on numerous boards and initiatives. The musicand very raw with emotions in all different directions, happy and sad and angry. and she would say ?A coyote with a pumpkin head is going to eat you if you don?t go to sleep? I was actually born shortly after a long marriage that she had had and she was having a void in her life. ALIVE INSIDE marks Demolars first endeavor as a feature editor. Youre not Spanish. I was surprised when he half opened his eyes and said " I love them both". My mom taught me that everyone is born equal, to not be afraid to ask questions, that we are all the same underneath. It was he who told me about your film. He has Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Dementia. In honor of Public Media Giving Days, a generous donor will DOUBLE your donation, which means itll go twice as far to support our independent journalism. Then hes given a pair of headphones to listen to Cab Calloway, his favorite. Not all the money in the world, or medication can cure the unfair disease that has not only affected my dad. Often they would smile, tap toes or ?air conduct? I couldnt believe the music let Denise push away her walker. I've reassigned you, Alicia. This is recreation therapist Yvonne Russell. Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of . and I would name everybody, ?Your granddaughter is doing this, and you can go. I, I JUST WANTED TO PLAY IT. I think I?ve learned a lot from her. and he?s trying to hum along, like he knew that. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the. An uplifting cinematic exploration of music and the mind, ALIVE INSIDEs inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. The doctors gave her 24 hours to live, they said she was paralyzed and had no hope. Find out where to watch online amongst 45+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video. Because of her I now work for the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program in Ventura County, California, advocating for vulnerable seniors. Scully also executive produced Miss Representation, a compelling documentary exposing the gender bias that still exists in our country based on the limited portrayals of women and young girls in our Media, Politics and Entertainment. DAN COHEN: This woman is laying, and shes kind of in a fetal position and eyes closed, and shes really, you know, end of life, and theres notheres no sitting up. Please do your part today. This is a picture of my mom and me taken about 7 years ago now. Somewhere far away from me. The movie goes on to indict the American healthcare system/industry, which, apparently, is more interested in pushing costly pharmaceutical treatments than any kind of therapeutic model. Music. So I would sing them to her, ?Could ya, would ya, ain?t ya gonna, if I asked you, would ya wanna, be my baby tonight?. King's Row can be seen out behind it. Shes bedridden. People who were depressed now were feeling better. We just had an incredible connection all our lives but really those last 40 days, and 40 days is a very significant number, like in the Bible Moses goes off for 40 days, and Jesus?40 days is a really important kind of thing so for us it was very significant. Compartment did you can tear the Wallace hits on our need to manage rather than remove our core hard-wired human instincts. An affecting look at a growing therapeutic cause. My Father and my youngest daughter have to same birthdayThey are 64 years apart. 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,? She doesn?t respond very well to the new ?assignments? But, my mom is at home and we take turns taking care of my mother. Please do your part today. Alexandra McDougald is the Distribution phase producer of ALIVE INSIDE. She would make me sing it over and over again at different speeds while she tried to sing along. She took care of me. She taught me to speak Spanish and makes really good food. [12][13] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. He said that moving to his facility left him isolated from that part of his life. But I had awhen I was younger, I had like a lot of kind of bad experiences in hospitals. Who? song again?? i can't --i've forgotten so much. This is our Thank You page! We are now suing him. i've forgotten so much. They connect with that. Upload captions and transcripts. But I never stop, and I drop. My mother has very eclectic taste in music. (the point of connection is in the fontanelle, the place where a baby?s skull is softer). & there were several who would sing right along, remembering the melody & virtually every lyric!". 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! In addition to writing and recording, Shur has created an artist-development and production company. So we?re going to get all of my mother?s music and put it on her iPod and get her some good headphones just for that and give it to her this Christmas. She was sitting in an armchair, after a long walk. And believe me I am still alive I'm doing science and I'm still alive I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive While you're dying I'll be still alive And when you're dead I will be still alive Still alive Still alive. I wanted to get away from her, find people that would help me do that. You?re done. VOLUNTEER NOW! Thankfully, this documentary reminded me of the extraordinary life that exists in nursing homes all over the world. I've been even blessed further being able to combine my clowning skills with music to share with other dementia patients at the facility. He came here, he wasn?t, like, dying. "[14] He says the director has a "sharp cinematic scalpel", revealing the "magic in the music". I'm very sorry. During one visit to ER the month before she passed, my sister and I played "How Great Thou Art" on my iPad to help her stay calm. Each one consists of genetic materialeither DNA or RNAencapsulated in a protein pocket called a capsid. Upload your own WebVTT captions and transcript file by selecting Video settings in the upper right of the web player. Music was so important to my Mom on so many levels. Because now Im getting allIm seeing her all over again. I'm sorry. My brother and I are doing everything in our power to save her home because her mental stability depends upon it. YVONNE RUSSELL: He was very isolated, and he used to always sit on the unit with his head like this. Crop circles and movie reviews that She?s a funny lady. Dan Cohen joins us here in Park City, Utah. He had a background as a performer when he was a young adult. Transcript: An interview with Ian Chillag, creator of Everything is Alive In this episode of Inside Podcasting, Skye Pillsbury interviews Ian Chillag, creator of the original, funny and. 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. My mother loves jazz, she loves blues, her brother, my uncle Jimmy, was a jazz trumpeter in New Orleans and Arkansas and all that. Heres an excerpt featuring Henry. My mom was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's when my daughter was born. And I keep on trying, and I drop. John: He was a WWII veteran with severe dementia. Today is the first of two Public Media Giving Days, a time to celebrate what public and independent media gives to you by giving back. My Grandma Howard taught me unconditional love, acceptance, and commitment to family. Prior to the therapy, he was very quiet and remained quite still, and could not recognize younger photos of himself. But in those last years, she was very hard of hearing. She never gave up challenging the doctors who said, what do you want me to do mother? Martha brought along her guitar and played for my Mom and some of the other residents of the nursing home. The film follows a social worker named Dan Cohen, who is campaigning to bring iPods to nursing homes. The first thing I would like to say is 'thank you.'. So then, when we had lunch with my brothers and my mom, I would put the headphones on her, and Id say, Lets pass the mic when were talking, just even to each other, not even to her. FADE IN: INT. "Alive Inside" Scripts.com. I asked him which daughter he liked better, me "Joan" or "Carolyn" his other daughter. I was a dancer in school so music was important and Dad and I shared a love of classical music. Truly, it was a miracle. The film is amazing. One of the central characters he works with is a 90-something Alzheimers patient named Henry Dryer, who was featured in a video posted online that went viral in 2012, with nearly 10 million views. She thought it was the most wonderful thing in the world, and she learned how to turn the iPod and that?s very difficult when you?re blind and you can?t see anything. http://cedarvillage.org/join-us-for-alive-inside, http://www.anthemmemorycare.com/aliveinside, The Jacquelyn & Gregory Zehner Foundation. 100% of Donations go to teaching and implementing the themes of "Alive Inside!". And all that time in between my 1st and 2nd visit was spent on networking, looking for a music therapist in Lodz, where she lives, and also buying her CDs with all operas I could think of, operas in which she participated when she worked at the Grand Opera House in Lodz. Director Rodrigo Corts Writer Chris Sparling Stars Ryan Reynolds Jos Luis Garca-Prez Robert Paterson And I thought, well, young people all have them, many adults, but a nursing home? She's now 75. Theres a lot of faith involved in it. Founded by Chief Creative Officer Limore Shur, the brother of Alive Inside filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett, eyeball is a creative strategic design agency that shapes brands through powerful storytelling, stunning design, and insightful problem solving. Alive Inside' illustrates music's joyous power for dementia patients. I am the fastest man alive. He resides in Laguna Beach, CA with his wife Madelyn and his two children Isabella and Dylan. 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. My mother was 89 when she had a massive stroke. Originally aired on NBC on September 6, 2019. 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