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August 13, 2014

PBS shows Alzheimer’s toll through filmmaker’s mother

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“The film, which airs nationally for the first time on PBS’s POV on Sept. 8, works as both a tribute to Pam White and a poignant personal exploration of the impact Alzheimer’s disease can have on a single family – twice, in this case, involving successive generations of women.”

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March 27, 2014

Alzheimer’s Is Expensive, Deadly and Growing. So Where’s the Research Money?

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By ABIGAIL JONES

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January 21, 2014

REVIEW: Alzheimer’s documentary comes close to ‘Genius’

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By PETER KEOUGH

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April 26, 2013

Love, Patience And Alzheimer’s In ‘The Genius of Marian’

We’d like to introduce you to a special family — the White family of Dedham, Massachusetts. Pamela White is the daughter of renowned New England painter Marian Williams Steele.

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April 18, 2013

The Genius of Marian: a Starkly Intimate Portrait of His Mother’s Battle with Alzheimer’s

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By JOHN ANDERSON

It’s a remarkable film, not only for the obvious affection with which it was made, but as art. The downward trajectory of a woman in the grip of ever-worsening dementia provides only so many opportunities for visual storytelling.

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September 2, 2014

The Genius of Marian: Remarkable Alzheimer’s Documentary

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“The Genius of Marian is an intimate, poetic documentary about Pam White and her family as they all struggle to deal with Pam’s Alzheimer’s disease.”

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August 28, 2014

An Honest And Painfully Beautiful Love Story In The Midst Of Alzheimer’s

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June 6, 2014

An antidote for our emotional distance

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“Try to see “The Genius of Marian,” an outstanding documentary film about a woman and her family as they come to terms with this illness in a way that honors her humanity. It will be on PBS stations, September 8th…”

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January 18, 2014

Alzheimer’s film is a mix of family and art

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“…a family portrait in every sense.”

By LOREN KING

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November 6, 2013

Review: The Genius of Marian

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“The film is beautifully personal, an impressionistic journey that uses archival footage and talking head interviews of Pam’s family to perfect effect.”

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June 20, 2013

Review: The Genius of Marian

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By JENNY ROGERS

This moving but never maudlin film chronicles the struggles of Pam, her husband, Ed, and her children to deal with what happens when the family matriarch can no longer calculate the tip on a dinner bill or, eventually, respond to simple questions.

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June 11, 2013

AFI Docs Review: “The Genius of Marian”

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By DOUGLAS BAIR

Filmmaker Banker White captures both his family’s battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and his mother’s unique spirit.

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April 29, 2013

2013 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL MENTION: ‘THE GENIUS OF MARIAN’ IS DELICATELY MOVING

By JACQUELINE GURGUI

“Prepare for a touching accomplishment in documentary cinema. “

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April 19, 2013

Tribeca Film Festival 2013: The Genius of Marian

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By RACHEL KOLB

The Genius of Marian is more than a documentary about Alzheimer’s disease. This film is a tribute to the genius of Pam and the genius of Marian, a love letter from a son to his mother, and surely Pam’s story will not soon be forgotten.

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April 18, 2013

25 Picks for the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

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By SCOTT MACAULAY

White documents his mother’s attempt to remember and save the memories of his grandmother in compellingly intimate footage.

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April 18, 2013

Five Questions for The Genius of Marian Directors Banker White and Anna Fitch

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By VADIM RIZOV

Arriving in New York in advance of the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, the pair was ready to talk about their long-gestating work. Sitting on a bed in a Fashion District hotel, they completed each other’s sentences and watched each other intently throughout, fittingly focused and synced-up while discussing this family movie.

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April 3, 2013

Memory Mosaics

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By Mallory Marotz

Memory Mosaic – an interactive, multimedia archive, and community – is being developed in conjunction with the film to honor those affected by Alzheimer’s and their loved ones. The platform enables the audience to become both artist and archivist, and to co-create an evocative, visual, personal and communal experience of loss.

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March 20, 2013

One Little Glich

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By LUKE WHITE

The Genius of Marian follows our family’s struggle to adapt to the changes that come with Alzheimer’s disease; it is an intimate portrait of a loving family.

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December 14, 2012

Alzheimer’s and Caregiving: Genius of Marian

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The last few years have been a roller coaster of emotions, filled with frustration, sadness, joy and celebration. The Genius of Marian, is the most personal and most challenging project I have ever undertaken.

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December 7, 2012

In the Works: The Genius of Marian

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By BASIL TSIOKOS

The multi-generational storytelling being employed, along with the careful mix of Marian’s own art, archival footage, and present day photography, elevate the project from other well-meaning but limited studies of disease that function more as awareness builders than as well-rounded profiles of the subjects at their core.

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