The threat of dementia is affecting more and more people. As they slowly lose their memories and physical abilities, music proves to be a miraculous source of comfort, vitality, and hope. How is it, for example, that people with dementia often remember music longer than their own names?
The threat of dementia is affecting more and more people. As they slowly lose their memories and physical abilities, music proves to be a miraculous source of comfort, vitality, and hope. How is it, for example, that people with dementia often remember music longer than their own names?
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.
A documentary film detailing Glen Campbell's final tour and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
The final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, focusing on his fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy body dementia.
Ozzy Osbourne faces his identity and mortality after his world stops. Dealing with health issues and Parkinson's, he questions if he can perform again while music remains his life's cornerstone.
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
A documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became the United States' most famous sex therapist. As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and her career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.
ลูกชายของนักแสดงลิโอนาร์ด นิมอย กำกับสารคดีแสนกินใจเกี่ยวกับบทบาทการเป็น "สป็อค" ของพ่อของเขา ที่กลายเป็นตำนานของสตาร์เทร็กเป็นเวลามากว่า 50 ปี
สารคดีลึกซึ้งกินใจ เรื่องราวของนักดนตรี จอน บาติส ที่มุ่งมั่นจะประพันธ์เพลงซิมโฟนี ระหว่างที่ซูไลกา จาวัด ผู้เป็นภรรยากำลังเข้ารับการรักษาโรคมะเร็ง