Alive Inside

Music is the strongest form of magic

Alive Inside — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 18, 2014
• Runtime
• 74 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Michael Rossato-Bennett

Alive Inside — Cast

Oliver Sacks Bobby McFerrin