Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2021)
Directed by Ric Burns
Genres - Science & Technology |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Docudrama |
Release Date - Sep 23, 2020 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 111 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Augustine Chay
Director Ric Burns’ documentary examines the life and legacy of the late British-born neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. Drawing from archival footage and a series of lengthy interviews with Sacks in 2015 (after his fatal cancer diagnosis), it explores Sacks’ pioneering case studies of his psychiatric and neurological patients – and his personal struggles with homophobia and an amphetamine addiction.
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doctor, drug-addiction, homophobia, humanity, neurology
