Laurel Zuckerman's Paris Weblog

Stuart Nimmo on Perilous Moon, Occupied France 1944 The End Game

When Neil Nimmo hauled back on the joystick to point the nose of his RAF Lancaster bomber into the night sky on April 10, 1944, the average life expectancy for RAF bomber crew was just two weeks. Neil would be shot down over France that night., Along with the crews of six other Lancasters in a short but lethal airborne massacre, 38 international Allied airmen would be killed - and all by one man, Luftwaffe night fighter pilot Hauptman Helmut Bergmann. 

I Remember Better When I Paint, on helping people with Alzheimer's

Berna Huebner's documentary film I Remember Better When I Paint, broke new ground in exploring how art can improve the lives of people with Alzheimer'. Berna and her co-producers have been advocating tirelessly in the past three years in the Alzheimer's community, screening the film in cities and on TV stations throughout the world.  This led to the publication of a book, I Remember Better When I Paint: Art and Alzheimer's: Opening Doors, Making Connections.  Atlantic Monthly and National Geographic recently featured I Remember Better, and this week the innovative @Irememberbetter twitter account is up for a prestigious social media "Shorty Award" fueled by hundred of nominations from twitter followers around the world.