'Have You Heard About Greg?' documentary on O'Brien's early onset Alzheimer's

Gwenn Friss, Cape Cod Times
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“Have You Heard About Greg?,” a documentary chronicling the journey of Cape Cod journalist Greg O’Brien and his family as they live with the early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis he got at age 59, opens across the nation this week.

Cape Codders can see the film starting Friday and playing through Thursday at Entertainment Cinemas, 2-6 Enterprise Road, South Dennis. For showtimes and tickets, visit: https://www.showtimes.com/movies/have-you-heard-about-greg-159655/

The film, directed by Steve Ecclesine, also opens Friday in theaters across the country.

Brewster resident Greg O'Brien, photographed in September at his home office, is the subject of a new documentary film "Have You Heard About Greg?"
Brewster resident Greg O'Brien, photographed in September at his home office, is the subject of a new documentary film "Have You Heard About Greg?"

After his 2009 diagnosis, O’Brien, an award-winning author and investigative journalist, mounted a battle to bring awareness to early onset Alzheimer’s — which he calls “this quiet killer” — and to increase research funding.

Read about the movie in the making: New documentary about Brewster's Greg O'Brien shines light on Alzheimer's disease

“Have You Heard About Greg?” is the latest project in that effort, which included his 2014 book, “On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s” and his 2015-2022 podcast with local NPR station WCAI, “The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's.”

In his own words: Cape Cod Times video conversation with Greg O'Brien

O’Brien has partnered with his doctors, Alzheimer’s Family Support Center in Brewster, “Still Alice” author Lisa Genova and national experts to tell the story, which he has said from the beginning is about living, not dying, with the disease.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Brewster journalist Greg O'Brien adds film to battle Alzheimer's