Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.
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"Oliver Sacks was one of the most renowned neurologists in the world. He basically did for neurology what Freud did for psychoanalysis. Robin Williams played a fictionalized version of him in "Awakenings". Even so, people might not have known much about Sacks's personal life. Ric Burns's "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life" got filmed not long after Sacks's terminal cancer diagnosis. It features an interview with Sacks and his assistants, with Sacks recounting his childhood, his entry into medicine, his discovery of his homosexuality - leading to internalized homopho..."
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Ric Burns was approached by Oliver Sacks' editor, Kate Edgar, immediately after Sacks' terminal cancer diagnosis. He had never met Sacks or Edgar but agreed to go to New York City to start documenting the scientist's final months.
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The life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.