OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE - Kate Edgar, Bill Hayes, Danielle Ofri

In this episode, Film Forum Presents a conversation around Ric Burns’s new documentary, OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, organized and co-presented with the Bellevue Literary Review. The film chronicles the life and legacy of the celebrated physician, author and professor of neurology Oliver Sacks through his own work and words. We were joined by Kate Edgar, Dr. Sacks’s longtime editor and the Executive Director of the Oliver Sacks Foundation and Dr. Sacks’s life partner Bill Hayes, the acclaimed author and photographer. The discussion was moderated by Danielle Ofri, Editor-in-Chief of the Bellevue Literary Review. OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE is now available for rental in our virtual cinema at www.filmforum.org. A portion of all rental fees support Film Forum. Special thanks to Zeitgeist Films and the Bellevue Literary Review for making this event possible. Photo by Bill Hayes.