Movies for Grownups: 'Facing the Wind'

Movies for Grownups: 'Facing the Wind'

A documentary and love story about people with Lewy body dementia, the spouses who care for them and the remarkable community where they find sustenance and support.

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Facing the Wind follows Linda Szypula and Carla Preyer and their husbands Jim and Patrick, whose lives are irrevocably changed by Lewy body dementia. After Jim’s diagnosis, Linda starts an online support community for both people with the disease and their families. There she meets Carla and they bond deeply over their shared challenges and their dark humor. As their husbands disappear into dementia, their growing friendship helps them rise to the demands of caregiving, cope with their grief and emerge whole on the other side.

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