PBS Shows Alzheimer’s Toll through Filmmaker’s Mother

August 13, 2014

(Washington Post) – In “The Genius of Marian,” documentary filmmaker Banker White tells the story of his mother, and her struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. 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. At times, the movie is almost stressfully intimate.