Empowered By Parkinson's Documentary Q&A
Moderated by Allan Cole for PD Wise, a panel of six people involved with the 2020 documentary film Empowered By Parkinson’s discuss the film and life with Parkinson’s disease. Panelists include the film’s director, Andre Costantini and his editor and collaborator, Vanessa Reiser, along with Elizabeth Peckham, D.O,, a neurologist and movement disorder specialist: Dan Stultz, M.D., a retired physician living with Parkinson’s; and two staff members at Power for Parkinson’s, a non-profit organization in Austin, Texas that provides free exercise, dance, and singing classes for those living with PD–Nina Mosier, M.D., president; and Lauren Lewis, lead instructor. Empowered by Parkinson’s was made in collaboration with Connecticut Public Television and may be viewed free of charge at cptv.org: https://cptv.org/empowered-by-parkinsons/