Oliver Sacks' autobiography "On the Move: A LIfe", which provided the inspiration for the film, was published seven months after his end-of-life diagnosis of terminal cancer.
Premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival. It would have to wait a full year for general release due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ric Burns was approached by Oliver Sacks' editor, Kate Edgar, immediately after Sacks' terminal cancer diagnosis. He had never met Sacks or Edgar but agreed to go to New York City to start documenting the scientist's final months.