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OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE
2019〡USA〡110 MINS〡ENGLISH
SYNOPSIS
OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Sacks, known for his literary works Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, was a fearless explorer of unknown cognitive worlds who helped redefine our understanding of the brain and mind, the diversity of human experience, and our shared humanity.
TRAILER
CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Ric Burns
PRODUCERS: Leigh Howell, Bonnie Lafave, Kathryn Clinard
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael Kantor, Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Rocky Collins, Doron Weber, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Margaret Munzer Loeb, Nion Mcevoy, Regina K. Scully, David Guy Elisco, Sean B. Carroll, Sally Jo Fifer, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Greg Boustead
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Buddy Squires
EDITED BY: Li-Shin Yu, Tom Patterson, with Chih Hsuan Liang
MUSIC BY: Brian Keane
STATUS
Released
PRESS
"A tender and thrilling look at the sacred demons that drove the poetic neurologist of Awakenings"
– Variety
"...beautifully presents a portrait of his compassion and bravery"
– New York Times
“...a moving portrait of a man taking deep stock of his life with great satisfaction and verve"
– LA Times
“...a vivid portrait of an ebullient, provocative, brilliant man who transformed the practice of medicine"
– Science AAAS
“What a man. Just writing this makes me want to watch the documentary all over again.”
– The Guardian
"This is a movie made about a dying man as he knows he is dying, yet rather than being mournful, it is joyous. Another amazing feat from the life of a truly astonishing individual."
– Film Mafia
SELECT FESTIVALS
Telluride 2019〡New York Film Festival 2019〡AFI Fest 2019〡Hamptons International Film Festival 2019〡Glasgow Film Festival 2020〡Big Sky Doc Fest 2020〡Virginia Film Festival 2020〡Doc Stories SFFilm 2020〡Middleburg Film Festival 2020〡Full Frame 2020〡Docville 2020〡CPH:DOX 2020〡Docaviv 2020
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