ALIVE INSIDE & THE DISCOVERERS Released in Kansas City

ALIVE INSIDE
Special Opening Night Event Friday, August 15 – 7:00pm Tivoli Cinemas in Westport

At this special opening night event Michelle Niedens from the Heart of America Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will lead an Audience Q&A.

LIVE 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”).

To watch the trailer and for more informations please visit website

THE DISCOVERERS
Kansas City August 22nd at Cinetopia

The New York Times named The Discoverers a Critics’ Pick and critics are calling writer/director Justin Schwarz “the love child of Wes Anderson and Alexander Payne.” Vanity Fair dubbed the award-winning film, “smart, canny, and sweet… full of grace notes and small surprises,” Portland Magazine gushed, “equal parts heartwarming and hilarious,” The Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed, “a warm, endearing, and surprisingly intelligent road comedy,” The OC Weekly called it, “a comic gem,” and The New York Post declared, “Very funny… Griffin Dunne shines… in Justin Schwarz’s impressive debut feature.”

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenage kids – Zoe and Jack – on a road trip to a conference in hopes of putting his career back on track. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes AWOL on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.

To watch the trailer and for more informations please visit website

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