The Peter & Julie Cummings Library presents a free screening of the 2019 documentary Love Is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness. This film explores a new way of being with people with dementia, moving from fear to profound connection and understanding, and has inspired people across the world. View trailer, or learn more about the film here.
The screening will be followed by a presentation by the filmmaker, Michael Verde, an award winning writer, speaker, teacher, and founder of Memory Bridge.
Patricia Lichtenberger with Gytha Von Aldenbruck, a long-time Memory Bridge advocate, in a scene from the documentary Love Is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness.
Inspiring! Love Is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness shows us that listening is not so much an activity as a quality of presence. This film is an urgent reminder of what makes life noble, precious and worthwhile.
Chris Asprey, L’Arche development officer and member of L’Arche, London UK
This beautifully made film reveals how real connections with those with dementia occur. For those who want to change the world for people at risk of being forgotten, it is a must see!
Heather Richardson, Co-Executive Director, St. Christopher’s Hospice
Love Is Listening powerfully explores the essence of human connection. Viewers
see the potential for transformation and healing that can occur when we are truly seen and held in loving, compassionate presence. Deeply inspiring!
Dr. Darcy Harris, Professor and the Coordinator of the Thanatology Program at King's University College
Love is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness is the perfect film at the perfect moment. My young sons and I watched it twice. Beautiful. Wise. Genuinely listening feels like a lost art. This documentary has found it.
Dr. Pamela Cushing, Professor of Disability Studies and Director of the Jean Vanier Research Centre
This film is a gift to humanity! The message—this loving, necessary, and crucial message—is so clearly communicated and exquisitely beautiful.
Lisa Genova, Author of "Still Alice"
By connecting with people who are isolated by dementia, we gain much more than we might think. Evelyn Glennie, among others, shows this in Love is Listening. This film deserves real attention.
Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits
To listen to the voices of others – whether friends, family or strangers – is to be touched and awakened. Love Is Listening promises to be fascinating, compelling and important.
Stephen Fry
