DEFEATING DEMENTIA

A forthcoming documentary series on the brain

It tells the inspiring story of the scientists and families leading us into a new era in the fight against dementia – and, after so many disappointments, why today is different.

The project grew out of Andy Harvard’s own experience with younger onset Alzheimer's disease and the need to change the conversation around all neurodegenerative diseases.

Andy’s friends and family came together and raised the seed funding for the series research and development. 

Defeating Dementia is part of the Wellbeings series of PBS films on health and wellness.
Watch the sizzle here.

Defeating Dementia is a production of WETA, the PBS station in Washington, DC, which also produces Ken Burns’ films, as well as Finding Your Roots by Dr. Henry Louis Gates and PBS Newshour. The series is being made by Seven One Eight Studios and directed by Chris Durrance. 

To learn more about becoming a sponsor of Defeating Dementia, please contact Tom Chiodo, Vice President in charge of Special Projects at WETA, by email at tchiodo@weta.org. 
Donations to WETA, a 501(c)(3) corporation, are tax deductible.

Other Wellbeings films include Caregiving,
with executive producer, Bradley Cooper,
and Hiding in Plain Sight.