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- Community Screenings
- Film Festivals
Community Screenings
- Saturday and Sunday, January, 27 &28,
- Sponsoring Organization
Curacao Cares Foundation
9:00 a.m.
The Cinemas Curacao
Pater Eeuwensweg,
Willemstad, Curacao
- Tuesday, Oct. 25
- Sponsoring Organization
Cedar Village, a Mason, Ohio, senior community.
Screening Location
This Free event will include an in-person appearance by
Filmmaker- Michael Rossato-Bennett and special guest
Please share this link:
http://cedarvillage.org/join-us-for-alive-inside 7:30 p.m. Cedar Village 5467 Cedar Village Drive Mason, OH 45040 Directions are available by [clicking here][1].
- APRIL 27th
- Sponsoring Organization
Principal Senior Living Group
Screening Location
Newnan Carnegie Library | 1:30 pm on April 27 | 1 LaGrange Street Newnan, GA 30263.
- APRIL 30th
- Sponsoring Organization
Principal Senior Living Group - Benton House of Douglasville Senior Living Community
Screening Location
First Baptist Church of Douglasville | 2:00 pm on April 30 | 5900 Prestley Mill Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135.
- NOVEMBER 4-5
- Sponsoring organization
Baton Rouge Community College
Screening Location
Magnolia Performing Arts Theater | 7:00 pm on November 4 | students/faculty/staff 1:00 pm November 5. | 201 Community College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA.
- NOVEMBER 13th
- Sponsoring organization
Ernest S. McBride High School
Screening Location
Ernest S. McBride High School | 7:00 pm on November 13 | 7025 Parkcrest St., Long Beach, CA| Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Film Director Michael Rossato-Bennett followed by a coffee and dessert reception | Buy tickets here: http://www.aliveinside.org/longbeach/ |
- NOVEMBER 14th
- Sponsoring organization
Anthem Memory Care Academy
Screening Location
The Denver Post building | 101 W. Colfax Ave | Denver, CO 80202 | Two screenings (with receptions) - Afternoon Matinee 1pm-4:30pm (film at 2pm) | Evening Screening 6pm-10pm (film at 7pm) | Buy tickets here: http://www.anthemmemorycare.com/aliveinside
- NOVEMBER 15th
- Sponsoring organization
Sonoma Friends of Alive Inside
Screening Location
Sebastiani Theatre | 4:00 pm on November 13 | 476 1st Street E., Sonoma, CA| Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Film Director Michael Rossato-Bennett and a VIP wine reception at Zina Lounge (Ledson) | Buy tickets here: http://www.aliveinside.org/sonoma/ |
Film Festivals
- MAY 12th
- ALIVE INSIDE at The Mendocino Film Festival
Screening Location
Friday, May 29, at 12:30 pm at Crown Hall in Mendocino
- JUNE 10th - 14th
- ALIVE INSIDE at The Norwegian Short Film Festival
Screening Location
The Norwegian Short Film Festival is the oldest and most important short and documentary film festival in Norway. The festival takes place in Grimstad, a little seaside town in the south of Norway.
- AUGUST 3-8
- ALIVE INSIDE at The Love Film Festival
Screening Location
Tartu, Estonia
- OCTOBER 1-6
- ALIVE INSIDE at The Pariscience Film Festival
Screening Location
Paris, France
- OCTOBER
- ALIVE INSIDE at The Torva Dokfest Film Festival
Screening Location
Torva, Estonia
- COMING SOON!
- ALIVE INSIDE at International Music Documentary Film Festival
Screening Location
Sao Paolo, Brazil
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About
ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music. His camera reveals the uniquely human connection we find in music and how its healing power can triumph where prescription medication falls short.
This stirring documentary follows numerous visionaries fighting against a broken healthcare system, trying to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. 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 (“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”).
An uplifting cinematic exploration of music and the mind, ALIVE INSIDE’s inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
About The Team
Michael Rossato-Bennett
Writer/Director/Producer
Michael Rossato-Bennett is the Writer, Director and Producer of ALIVE INSIDE – winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for U.S. Documentary – and through film he strives to incite conversations that interrogate issues related to cultural consciousness. In addition to ALIVE INSIDE, his first feature length offering, Rossato-Bennett has several documentaries in various stages of development, through his production company, Projector Media. Each of those projects is inspired by Michael’s dedication to the collective well being of society and progressive human change towards the greater, if not greatest, good.
Alexandra McDougald
Producer (Distribution & Fundraising)
Alexandra McDougald is the Distribution phase producer of ALIVE INSIDE. Prior to ALIVE INSIDE, Alex concentrated her efforts in publicity and distribution, serving as the lead on campaigns for Image Entertainment and Anchor Bay Entertainment, among others. 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 Lee’s Red Hook Summer.
Shachar Langlev
Director of Photography
ALIVE INSIDE is Shachar Langlev’s feature film debut as Director of Photography. Israeli-born and Brooklyn-based, he’s been gaining recognition in his field, garnering awards such as the Eastman Kodak Award for Excellence in Cinematography. Shachar works extensively with musicians in the hip-hop community and New York’s jazz scene and has shot music videos and live shows for MTV, VH1 and BET. He is currently in pre-production for his first narrative feature as well as for a documentary feature in collaboration with Elie Wiesel.
Manuel Tsingaris
Editor
An editor for twenty years, some of Manuel Tsingaris’ recent projects include: The Storm that Swept Mexico, a documentary that aired on PBS in 2011, telling the story of the 1910 Mexican revolution and A Dream In Doubt, which follows a Sikh man's journey to find peace and justice after his brother is killed shortly after 9/11. Manuel was also a contributing editor on the critically acclaimed mini documentary series, “Life 360” – a co-venture between ABC/Nightline and PBS.
Barry Cole
Music Supervisor
Barry Cole, Music Supervisor, started the Music Department for New York based film studio, The Shooting Gallery. Since that time, Cole has given music supervision to over 80 media projects. In 2013, he earned a Grammy nomination for producing the soundtrack album to the feature documentary Marley. As a Transmedia Producer for film and television, Cole employs new and emerging technologies to increase audience engagement and overall user experience.
Dan Cogan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Dan Cogan is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Impact Partners, a fund and advisory service for investors and philanthropists who seek to promote social change through film. 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. Cogan co-founded Gamechanger Films, which launched in September 2013. Gamechanger Films is the first for-profit film fund dedicated exclusively to financing narrative features directed by women.
Eric J. Bertrand, Limore Shur, & Ben Spivak
Executive Producers
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. 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. With twenty years of broadcast and ad agency experience, eyeball executes across a media spectrum that includes film, live action, design, animation, audio and experiential production.
Regina K. Scully
Producer, Executive Producer
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. The Invisible War won the 2012 Sundance Audience Award. 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. Scully is also involved in the films, Fed Up, a compelling documentary that deals with the growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes in America; ALIVE INSIDE, a recent Audience Award winner at 2014 Sundance film festival; and Anita: Truth to Power, about the 20 year anniversary of the Anita Hill hearings. Scully is the Founder and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation and is the Founding Sponsor of the Athena Film Festival in NYC.
Mark Demolar
EDITOR
Mark Demolar is an editor and filmmaker, based in Brooklyn, New York. For the last five years, in addition to working in film, he has toured the country with his band Woodsman. A lover of art, he is known for his work in music video and video installation. ALIVE INSIDE marks Demolar’s first endeavor as a feature editor. His experience on this project sparked what is now a deep desire to discover new perspectives through the art of documentary narrative.
Nan Li
Asst. EDITOR
Nan Li is a Beijing native, he studied Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College and is working with Michael Rossoto-Bennett on several other films.
Itaal Shur
COMPOSER
Itaal Shur is best known for co-writing the Santana hit “Smooth” with Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas. “Smooth” earned Shur a Grammy Award® for Song of the Year in 2000. Itaal was also a founding member of the group Groove Collective. He co-wrote the song “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)” with Maxwell for his debut album, “Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite.”
In addition to writing and recording, Shur has created an artist-development and production company. He also produces music for broadcast and computer animation. Shur is brother to Alive Inside filmmaker Michael-Rossato-Bennett.
Geralyn Dreyfous
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Geralyn Dreyfous has a wide, distinguished background in the arts and participates on numerous boards and initiatives. She is the founder of the Utah Film Center and co-founder of Impact Partners Film Fund with Dan Cogan. In 2013, Geralyn co-founded Gamechanger Films, a film fund dedicated to women directors.
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. Geralyn was honored with the IDA’s 2013 Amicus Award for her significant contribution to documentary filmmaking.
Daniel E. Catullo III
Executive Producer
Daniel E. Catullo III was in charge of the distribution of the film and kept all the funds collected. We are now suing him. He resides in Laguna Beach, CA with his wife Madelyn and his two children Isabella and Dylan.
Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen founded but is no longer at Music & Memory. He received his MSW from Adelphi University. Dan has spent most of his career helping individuals and organizations better leverage technology. Music & Memory operates in thousands of long-term care homes across the U.S. and abroad.
Press
Stirring. A magical, non-medical story of healing.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
Gloriously inspirational.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
The Bottom Line - A gloriously inspirational film documenting music’s healing power in Alzheimer patients.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
The results are astounding.
– Steve Greene, Indiewire
An affecting look at a growing therapeutic cause.
– Steve Greene, Indiewire
A wonder to experience
– Sam Fragoso, RogerEbert.com
It's as transformative as the music itself.
– Sam Fragoso, RogerEbert.com
Moving and groundbreaking. The film far exceeded what I'd imagined.
– Debbie Cerda, Slackerwood
A ‘must-see’ and a ‘must-share’
– Debbie Cerda, Slackerwood
Sometimes, you have to see it to believe it.
– Rheana Murray, New York Daily News
Alive Inside is a pitch-perfect documentary that brilliantly explores the transformational effects of music on elders with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
– Adam Leipzig, Cultural Weekly
Music has an unmatched power to bring back our pasts.
– Kim Painter, USA Today
Alive Inside' illustrates music's joyous power for dementia patients.
– Susan King, The Los Angeles Times
In a world drowning in bad news about dementia…'Alive Inside' is positively tonic.
– Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
Rossato-Bennett hopes Alive Inside encourages more of the country's 16,000 nursing homes to embrace headphones and personalized music as an alternative to pharmaceutical treatments.
– Hugh Hart, Fast Company
Many of the subjects show deep emotional resonance to the music.
– Eric Kelsey, Reuters
Dan Cohen is the gifted and passionately committed man who transforms the lives of people with dementia and other severely debilitating diseases.
– Nell Minow, Beliefnet
The transformation in emotion, awareness and memory shown in these elderly patients may leave viewers incredulous...
– Annie Sneed, Scientific American
In segment after segment, people with Alzheimer's and other conditions don the headphones, hear the music of their youths and light up.
– Kim Painter, USA Today
Absolutely joyous.
– Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Moving and even haunting at times...
– Mary Jacobs, Dallas Morning News
It isn't news that musical therapy can produce striking results, but rarely have those good effects been as movingly illustrated as in 'Alive Inside.'
– Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
You’d have to have a heart of stone and bricks for ears not to be moved by the sight of Henry when the music hits him.
– Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail
Alive Inside packs as potent a simple emotional wallop as anything you’ll see – or hear – anywhere this year.
– Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail
One of the most important documentaries of the year.
– Nikola Grozdanovic, The Playlist
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JOIN / CONTACT
Contact Alive Inside: info@AliveInside.us
Contact Director Michael Rossato-Bennett : mrb@AliveInside.us
#AliveInsideStories
“An estimated 5.2 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease…” This number doesn’t even begin to include the many family members & friends affected by this disease. These are their stories, click on the photo to keep reading.
Special Thanks
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Special Thanks
This is our Thank You page! Without our funders and friends “Alive Inside” would never have been made! Together we won Sundance, Milan, Provincetown, Washington West, Berkshires, Sonoma and changed many lives and helped Music and Memory become a real force for change!
Thanks from the CREW!
Thanks from the TEAM!
Thanks for helping us win at SUNDANCE!
Special thanks to the Alive Inside angels- our Executive Producers!
- The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
- Geralyn Dreyfous
- Abigail Van Buren
- Ben Spivak
- Eric J. Bertrand
- Limore Shur
- Patricia Clair Piland
- Dan Cogan
Benefactors
- Terri Bullock
- Perlita Sultan
- Robert Brandieis Bennett
- Jon Webster
- Rachel Weingiest
- Norman Hardie
- Bill Soward
- Richard Casavechia
- The Wilson Family
- Doug Thompson
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto
- The Derek Freese Documentary Fund
- Steve Baronoff
- Patrick Ramsey
- Jack McDonald
- Sarah Castillio
- Michael McIvor
- Kathryn Stebner
Supporters
- Neil Stuber
- Rachel Francine Tubman
- Kendra Arnold
- George Maryniuk
- Laura K McKenna
- Bruce Levy
- daybreak Inc.
- Anna Saxon
- iV
- Ram and Einat Burshtine
- Eric J. Bertrand
- Patrick Ramsey
Donate
How are so many elders forgotten? Can we reconnect them to life?
To answer these questions and inspire action, we created The Alive Inside Foundation.
Be our partner. 100% of Donations go to teaching and implementing the themes of "Alive Inside!"
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Alive Inside from MVD Entertainment Group on Vimeo.
ALIVE INSIDE is a joyous cinematic exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music. His camera reveals the uniquely human connection we find in music and how its healing power can triumph where prescription medication falls short.
This stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the 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 it. 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 (“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”). An uplifting cinematic exploration of music and the mind, ALIVE INSIDE’s inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.
