Bibliograph

Oliver Sacks, his own life, a film by Ric Burns ; a production of Steeplechase Films, Vulcan Productions, Motto Pictures, American Masters Pictures/PBS, and Independent Television Service, Inc., HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Sandbox Films, Passion Pictures Arthur Altschul Jr. Films, WDR, ARTE, ; director, Ric Burns

Type

Label

Oliver Sacks, his own life, a film by Ric Burns ; a production of Steeplechase Films, Vulcan Productions, Motto Pictures, American Masters Pictures/PBS, and Independent Television Service, Inc., HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Sandbox Films, Passion Pictures Arthur Altschul Jr. Films, WDR, ARTE, ; director, Ric Burns

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

Oliver Sacks

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1240365253

Responsibility statement

a film by Ric Burns ; a production of Steeplechase Films, Vulcan Productions, Motto Pictures, American Masters Pictures/PBS, and Independent Television Service, Inc., HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Sandbox Films, Passion Pictures Arthur Altschul Jr. Films, WDR, ARTE, ; director, Ric Burns

Runtime

115

Sub title

his own life

Summary

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, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life is the story of a beloved doctor and writer who redefined our understanding of the brain and mind

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Classification