KEYS BAGS NAMES WORDS w/ director Cynthia Stone in conversation

Showings

True West Film Center Mon, Jan 27 1:00 PM
Film Info
Release Year:2023
Production Country:USA
Film Runtime:85 minutes
Genre:Documentary
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Cynthia Stone

Description

Cynthia Stone’s inspiring new documentary Keys Bags Names Words aims to shift the narrative surrounding dementia from fear and hopelessness to optimism and action as it explores a variety of global approaches to social care and brain health. Following a cohort of young scientists and artists around the world, the film examines a plethora of community-based solutions that foster connection and meaning from art and music therapy to touch, dance, and sports. It reminds us that there are things we can do to reduce our risk of developing the disease as well as ways to connect meaningfully with our loved ones grappling with a diagnosis. Combining intimate stories with a global framework, Keys Bags Names Words offers a bold new approach to tackling the greatest health challenge of the 21st century. Through humor, creativity, and compassion we can unlock new paths to hope, resilience, and healing.

 

Director Cynthia Stone and film subject Jill Harmon will participate in a question and answer session following the screening.

 

Doors open at 12:30pm. Concessions are available for purchase. 

 

All ticket sales are final.

 

CYNTHIA STONE | PRODUCER / DIRECTOR

Cynthia Stone has been creating social justice documentary-style pieces for nearly three decades. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, her work has appeared regionally on KQED, and nationally on PBS, BBC/PRI, and The Discovery Channel, among others. She has won multiple regional Emmy, Society of Professional Journalists, and Press Club awards. Having covered education, the environment, health, poverty, and equity issues, she’s inspired to highlight people and programs finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems. The wisdom and humor of those in this film helped her better connect with, and care for, her own mother throughout her aging process from her vital active years through her memory loss.

 

JILL HARMON 

“I’m madly in love with him. He’s my one.”  After many years of marriage, that’s how Jill Harmon describes her husband, Don. When the film opens, she has already been caring for him for 14 years. He’s now in the end stages of dementia. Jill shows us how we can connect with our loved ones even after they can no longer communicate with words. She is a true example of love, resilience and the power of the human spirit.