S2E7 Your Life Story: Jorg Roth on Memories of the Past

Whether it’s through film, television or books, stories guide and influence us. But the most important tale is often the most overlooked - the story of our own life. For people living with dementia, their past life may be the only story they remember, or can even engage with. And that’s where Jorg Roth and his team at ‘My Life Films’ comes in. Jorg founded the charity to use the art of storytelling to improve the lives of people with dementia. Through a combination of archive footage and interviews with family and friends, patients are able to relive and find comfort in their fondest memories. In this episode we flip the narrative on dementia and its stereotypes, we discover how to piece together the story of a person’s life, and through the charity’s “Netflix style” TV venture, ‘My Life TV’, we learn of the beauty that can be found in stillness. If you’d like to get in touch with the ‘My Life Films’ team, email jorg@mylifefilms.org or charlotte@mylifefilms.org.