The Cinema will host a musical performance by the Forget Me Nots followed by a screening of Alive Inside (Michael Rossato-Bennett, U.S. 2014, 78 min.) as part of the Reel Mind Film Series.

This Sundance Film Festival Audience Favorite, shot partially here in Rochester at St. John's Home, is a moving documentary chronicling the remarkable story of how social worker, Dan Cohen, was able to awaken memories -with carefully personalized playlists on re-purposed Ipods – for thousands of Alzheimer's patients and others suffering from memory loss, dementia, severe anxiety or other ailments. What started as a pilot program at four New York long-term care facilities is now in 10 different countries at 4,500 sites. Twenty-one states have made Cohen's Music and Memory program part of their public policies, and musical artists such as Elvis Costello, Carole King and Kenny Chesney have come on board to champion this breakthrough.

[source: Reel Mind Theatre and Film Series website, 2018-May-7]