{"id":16165,"date":"2024-03-18T23:08:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T23:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/course-topics-on-pbs-american-masters-presents-oliver-sacks-his-own-life\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T23:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T23:08:45","slug":"course-topics-on-pbs-american-masters-presents-oliver-sacks-his-own-life","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/course-topics-on-pbs-american-masters-presents-oliver-sacks-his-own-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Topics on PBS: AMERICAN MASTERS presents \u201cOliver Sacks: His Own Life\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Extra Credit Opportunity: Course Topics on PBS: AMERICAN MASTERS presents \u201cOliver Sacks: His Own Life\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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“…film that explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia and a medical establishment that embraced his work only decades after the fact… Sacks, known for his literary works <\/span>Awakenings<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>and <\/span>The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat<\/em><\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>, was a fearless explorer of unknown cognitive worlds who helped redefine our understanding of the brain and mind, the diversity of human experience, and our shared humanity…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the start, this project has been one of the most moving and revelatory I’ve ever had the privilege of being involved with,\u201d<\/em> <\/span>said director Ric Burns<\/strong>. <\/span>\u201cFrom the moment my colleagues and I walked into his apartment on Horatio Street in New York in February 2015, it was clear that virtually every issue of importance about what it means to live a life and to be a human being was concentrated in his unusual life story: survival, beauty, art, science, storytelling, love, individuality, difference, dignity, autonomy, agency, wonder, language, meaning, consciousness, community, friendship, yearning, loss, connection with something larger.\u201d <\/span>kpbs<\/strong><\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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(1) <\/span>View the film<\/strong> <\/span>(viewable <\/span>free i<\/strong>f you have PBS Passport,<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span>or <\/span>to <\/span>rent<\/strong> <\/span>from other sources<\/span>Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

(2) For the write-up, in <\/span>4+ typed pages<\/strong>, briefly describe your reactions to the show and what you learned. <\/p>\n

(3) Submit your write up via the <\/span>Extra Credit link<\/a> <\/span>no later than <\/span>Week 13<\/strong> <\/span>of the semester.<\/p>\n

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