Alive Inside

Alive Inside

2014 · 74 min · EN · PG · 7.4 (71 votes)
Dir. Michael Rossato-Bennett · Starring Oliver Sacks, Bobby McFerrin

Music is the strongest form of magic

Documentary

Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted.

VIBE

A profoundly moving and hopeful documentary that uses music to bridge the gap between fading memories and the present. It's a gentle, life-affirming look at connection and the enduring power of the human spirit, even in the face of cognitive decline.

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