QUICK BROWN FOX
Ann Hedreen, Rustin Thompson Seattle, WA
A gripping personal investigation into her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s, Ann Hedreen, and co-director Rustin Thompson’s powerful and poetic film combines a moving family journey with an insightful look at the science and politics of the disease. In pursuit of possible causes and potential cures, the filmmakers go from the copper mines of her mother’s childhood home in Butte, Montana, to an Alzheimer’s research center in Washington where she volunteers as a research subject. Interweaving super-8 home movies, 1950’s medical films and heartbreaking interviews with her family, Hedreen’s bravely confronts the disease that has mangled the mind of her once lively and brainy mom while reflecting on just how important our memories are. (58 mins.)