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"Save the World for One Elder": signed DVD of "Alive Inside," T-shirt & Personalized Music

This is a Win-Win item!

Here is your chance to be a part of ALIVE INSIDE's Outreach work.  With this purchase, you become a partner with us in our efforts!  This beautiful gift is for both you AND an Elder in a nursing home.

Includes a DVD signed by the director for YOU,

a beautiful T-Shirt (let us know what size) for YOU,

and, as we give music to Elders this month (we are making a short film to inspire young people to visit elders and give them music), we will help a young person give personalized music to one Elder -- donated in YOUR name.

Help our world in a small way with one easy purchase!

About the movie...

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").

Equipped with a host of mp3-players and an unshakeable faith in the healing powers of music, Dan Cohen tours American nursing homes in an attempt to reach through to patients suffering from dementia. The results are astonishing: When reintroduced to their favorite songs, the patients seemingly jolt back into life, reconnected to the memories of their past. The resulting movie is a touching, yet uplifting, documentary which asks the poignant question: Who are we really without our memories?

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.

Item Special Note

DVD & T-shirt will be shipped at winner's expense, or can be picked up at at the NYC iSchool, 131 Avenue of the Americas (date tbd).