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Free the Mind

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Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.
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Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health 03/24/2020
Free the Mind is a film that practices the mindfulness it preaches. It's intimate, beautiful-and also, on some deep level, respectful. Go to Full Review
Drew Hunt Chicago Reader 10/11/2013
A wealth of information is sufficiently articulated, though the film's greatest strength is Ambo's compassion toward the subjects. Go to Full Review
Loren King Boston Globe 10/10/2013
2.5/4
Davidson's compilation of seemingly immeasurable data is interesting, as is the doctor himself. Go to Full Review
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08/31/2015 bun pentru ambitia de a face un documentar pe neuro. See more 08/22/2015 From the very first five minutes, Phie Ambo immerses the audience into the world of a tortured mind; a small child unwilling to even consider the possibility of being in an elevator, and an insistent yet patient mental-health practitioner treading through a pure and simple fear. The documentary touched every emotional chord possible in the audience, creating a perpetual "poor child" intuition on the audience, again on the first five minutes. Then Ambo immediately transfers that same sympathy to an older man, from the appearance rugged, anxious, and to some, automatically dangerous. Ambo was not only able to snapshot Dr. Davidson's research, but just as importantly transferred our sympathy from a child to a man, knowing perfectly well that most people would not even consider a tear from an adult struggling with it's own fears. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dr. Richard Davidson, a brain specialist, experiments with meditation and yoga as a means of helping soldiers with PTSD and children with ADHD.
Director
Phie Ambo
Producer
Kaarle Aho, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Screenwriter
Phie Ambo
Distributor
International Film Circuit [us]
Production Co
Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO), Yleisradio, Sveriges Television, Danmarks Radio, Making Movies Oy
Genre
Documentary, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 23, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$157.0K
Runtime
1h 20m
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