The Film

A newly uncovered trove of personal audio and video recordings, combined with immersive animation, traces the early career of neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks—before he became a public figure. As Sacks listens to and learns from patients pushed to the margins of medicine, the private conflicts shaping his inner life come into view, including his struggles with identity, isolation, and belonging. The film reveals how a brilliant, humane—yet flawed—man sought to understand neurological disorder and communicate it to a broader public, through writing that blurred the line between patient and doctor, shaping how those stories entered the public imagination.