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A Story of Music & Memory
In Person: Mineola-based social worker and film subject Dan Cohen!
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Sponsored by Stuart and Ginger Polisner

As dementia continues to affect millions of elderly Americans, we learn, from Dan Cohen's efforts, that songs from a patient's past can awaken memories and emotions that have been asleep for years, sometimes decades

This stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the Long Island based nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he 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 Alzheimer's and dementia. Director Michael 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 and musician Bobby McFerrin.

USA, 2014, 73 min., Unrated | Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett | WINNER Documentary Audience Award 2014 Sundance Film Festival