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Scott Kirschenbaum

Scott Kirschenbaum is a filmmaker based in San Francisco, CA. A participant in the 2010-2011 San Francisco Film Society FilmHouse Residency, Kirschenbaumâ€™s other projects include A Soapbox In Haiti and Elementary Cool. He previously completed the documentary Jumor: A Journey through Jewish Humor, about the role of humor in Jewish nursing homes around the country. He has written proï¬les of the elderly for the Yale Journal of Humanities in Medicine, performed stand-up comedy for nursing home residents, and served as a personal assistant to a screenwriter suffering from Alzheimerâ€™s disease.

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Scott Kirschenbaum

Mar 28, 2012

You’re Looking At Me Like I Live Here And I Don’t: Making a Film in an Alzheimer’s Unit

In the fall of 2008, I wrote a screenplay I intended to film entirely in an Alzheimer’s Unit. After many weeks of rehearsals, I arrived at a troubling realization: I was not just making a challenging film—I was making the…

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Scott Kirschenbaum

You’re Looking At Me Like I Live Here And I Don’t: Making a Film in an Alzheimer’s Unit