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Orzel made the film to educate and inform people about dementia and let those impacted by dementia know about resources that can help.
Journalism and Broadcasting (JRB) Majors worked with Orzel on this film. Videographers, Isaac DeLeon and Kyle O’Gara, Animator Jim Lloyd, Narrator Nia Bradley, and Still Graphics Mya Coleman.