'' Alive Inside : A Story of Music and Memory '' is a 2014 American documentary film directed and produced by Michael Rossato-Bennett . The film premiered in competition category of '' U.S. Documentary Competition program '' at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18 , 2014 . It won the Audience Award : U.S. Documentary at the festival . The film deals with the subject of people suffering from Alzheimer 's disease and how music therapy can help and ease their suffering . In many chapters of the film Dan Cohen of Music and Memory places music headphones on patients and we see them become very expressive ; his pioneering efforts have placed personal music players in nursing homes
2014 Sundance Film Festival
2014 Sundance Film Festival
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory