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NWFF - Local Sightings-Quick Brown Fox

(Ann Hedreen, Rustin Thompson, 2004, DVD, 62min.)
Who are you if you can't remember who you are? Quick Brown Fox explores the notion of how memories define us and how Alzheimer's can indiscriminately steal one's identity and family history.

Ann Hedreen's documentary is a gripping personal investigation into her mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease. This powerful and poetic film combines a moving family journey with an insightful look at the science and politics of Alzheimer'sÂa disease that now affects more than 18 million people worldwide. Hedreen's uncompromising pursuit of possible causes and potential cures takes her from the copper mines of her mother's childhood home in Butte, Montana to an Alzheimer's research center in Washington where she volunteers as a research subjectÂwith humorous and humbling results. And her fascinating interviews with prominent doctors and researchers offer insight into the fickle politics of funding and recent controversies surrounding stem-cell research. Interweaving super-8 home movies, 1950s medical films and heartbreaking interviews with her family, Hedreen's timely film bravely confronts the disease that has mangled the mind of her once beautiful and brainy mom, and raises profound questions about just how important our memories are.