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Lotje Sodderland journeys into her own mind to recover and rehabilitate after a hemorrhagic stroke leaves her unable to communicate. As a means of remedial aegis, she began to document her rapidly changing life with her iPhone, and shortly thereafter she asked filmmaker Sophie Robinson to help document her recovery.
Director: Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland
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Lotje Sodderland in conversation with Vogue
Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke.
Learn more from the National Aphasia Association’s website.
Study finds that stroke survivors who enjoyed music, painting, and theater had better recovery than patients who did not.
Read the full article here.
When film-maker Lotje Sodderland had a severe stroke, she lost the ability to speak, read, write or think coherently. Could she learn to live – and love – with a broken brain?
Read the full article here.
Our interview with Sophie Robinson.
Certain risk factors can increase your chances of having a stroke. Prevent a stroke from happening to you or others by following guidelines recommended on the website of the National Stroke Association.
Find maps and data on stroke both in the United States and globally at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
Read more about primary progressive aphasia, a type of dementia that affects the brain’s language center here.
Listen to our playlist with music from the film on Spotify.
"Surprisingly beautiful and emotionally intense"
The Austin Chronicle
"Visually arresting, deeply moving and uplifting"
The Guardian
"Amazing collaboration of David Lynch and a woman who 'video-selfied' her stroke"
Independent
