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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life DVD

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Explore 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 ... More
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Explore 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. 

A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it. Drawing on these deeply personal reflections, as well as nearly two dozen interviews with close friends, family members, colleagues and patients, and archival material from every point in his life, this film is the story of a beloved doctor and writer who redefined our understanding of the brain and mind.

Director: Ric Burns
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Rating: NR
Year: 2019
Length: 114 minutes
Number of Discs: 1
Closed Captioning: Y

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Pamela T.
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06/19/21
Oliver Sacks His Own Life
Review by Pamela T. on 06/19/21 review stating Oliver Sacks His Own Life
The video is more than a story of a brilliant neurologist and observer but has so many insights into the human condition that we are faced with every single day. His studies and books based on his chronicles of his patients are astounding. I am inspired by a man I never met but feel that what I learned was extremely valuable and will help me through out my life to see things differently.

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Review by Pamela T. review stating Oliver Sacks His Own Life
The video is more than a story of a brilliant neurologist and observer but has so many insights into the human condition that we are faced with every single day. His studies and books based on his chronicles of his patients are astounding. I am inspired by a man I never met but feel that what I learned was extremely valuable and will help me through out my life to see things differently.

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