Life After [In-Person Only]
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
Thu Aug 14: 6.30pm PDT
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
About
(Reid Davenport, 2025, United States, 100 min, in English)
LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigative documentary that exposes the tangled web of moral dilemmas and profit motives surrounding assisted dying. Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport uncovers shocking abuses of power while amplifying the voices of the disability community fighting for justice and dignity in an unfolding matter of life and death.
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the right to die, igniting a national debate about autonomy and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom battles, Bouvia vanished from public view. Sundance-winner Davenport embarks on a personal investigation to find out what really happened to Bouvia and reveal why her story is disturbingly relevant today.
LIFE AFTER brings together the missing voices of the disability community in the ongoing debate about assisted dying. Disabled people continue to face premature deathwhether through the horrific case of Michael Hickson, who was left to die by a Texas hospital, or the heart-wrenching choice of Jerika Bolen, a Wisconsin teen who received support from her community to end her life. Davenports exploration takes him to Canada, where regulations surrounding Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) have been expanded to allow disabled individuals unprecedented accesseven when their deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. In Ontario, Davenport meets Michal Kaliszan, a disabled computer programmer who once considered MAID as his only option to avoid entering an institution. |
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Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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| Start: | Thursday 14 Aug 2025 18:30 | | End: | Thursday 14 Aug 2025 21:00 |
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum's ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org
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