Carmel is a retired school teacher, wife, mother and grandmother. Her family’ s life dramatically changed when she was diagnosed with early onset memory loss. With her husband, she tells their story and looks positively in the face of an unknown future. Created as part of the ‘Memory’s Voice: Capturing Stories of Courage’ workshop, an ACMI Digital Storytelling Project in association with Alzheimer’s Australia Vic and in partnership with VicHealth.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1005806
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Memory
Sound/audio
Sound
Holdings
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy