He suffered a heart attack while caring for his wife. “When (mom) couldn’t see him, she thought he was gone.”Īs is not uncommon for family caregivers, the burden weighed on Nader. “She (Mary Jane) would sit out in the workshop while he carved,” said daughter Lily, who produced and co-directed the film about her parents and the family’s unique life together. She couldn’t, but Nader is rallying as much as his 93-year-old body will allow. He has a vision for them all, and hope that his inspiration, Mary Jane, will hold on while his small forest is whittled and carved. The trees he collected and transported around the globe are a constant. The film is told through the words and pictures of Nader and his six children, and images of his wife over the years.
Her Alzheimer’s diagnosis came in the last few decades of life and, at age 89, it claimed her just over a year ago. She motivated him, kept the family and six children together on their journeys, served as his art consultant and life partner. Nader’s first passion was and is his wife Mary Jane, a librarian and trained musician, who serves as the inspiration for virtually all of the elegant sculptures he has created over more than a half century. These travels, from Honduras to Vietnam to Iowa to Florida, exposed him to a wide array of native forests and trees, which enabled him – to this day – to pursue his second passion: wood carving. The focus is on the multi-talented Iranian native, Nader, whose career as a plant geneticist took him around the world. This 55-minute film, directed by Colorado native, Erin Harper, doesn’t dwell on the incurable disease that steals Mary Jane from Nader. The romance continues, even though Mary Jane ultimately – and inevitably – succumbs.
It tries to interrupt the love affair between the stars, Nader and Mary Jane Vakili but, in the end, can only affect their time together. But the disease is the guest star a villain lurking in the shadows, influencing the storyline. Share or Print this page “My Wild Heart” isn’t a documentary about Alzheimer’s.
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