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Life After

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In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the "right to die," igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story's disturbing relevance today.

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Zachary Lee RogerEbert.com “Life After” warrants praise for how it approaches its difficult subject matter with a kind of mercy and control that can easily be flung to the wayside when telling such a deeply personal story. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Murtada Elfadl Variety Adding his own personal perspective as a filmmaker living with disability, Davenport weaves an engrossing, moving and most importantly confrontational movie about the right to die and disability justice. Jan 28, 2025 Full Review Esther Zuckerman indieWire What begins as a slow prodding of assumptions ultimately ends up a full throated condemnation of systems that would rather have disabled people die than invest in the healthcare required to enhance their lives. Rated: A- Jan 28, 2025 Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics Initially, Life After is a confusing documentary...really, though, it’s just that this film deals with a very complicated subject. Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Jon Negroni InBetweenDrafts It refuses to be a passive history lesson. Instead, it unspools like a thriller, each new revelation exposing deeper, more insidious layers of ableism embedded in our institutions. Rated: 8.5/10 Jan 29, 2025 Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) Life After does what the best political documentaries do: it challenges your perceptions on a hot-button issue and provides a very clear path forward for a solution. Jan 29, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the "right to die," igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport investigates what happened to Bouvia and her story's disturbing relevance today.
Director
Reid Davenport
Producer
Colleen Cassingham
Production Co
Multitude Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 39m