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LIFE AFTER Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: 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, uncovering chilling stories of disabled people dying prematurely. Davenport exposes the intersection of systemic failures and personal autonomy, challenging the idea that assisted dying always represents a free choice, when it can sometimes be seen as the only option.
Transcript
00:00Elizabeth Bouvet is asking for help.
00:05Trapped in a useless body, she says she deserves the right to die quietly.
00:11And what was your purpose in being admitted to her beside her in the hospital?
00:15I'll tell you, start myself to death.
00:19The more I researched, the more I began to think that people will stay alive.
00:39Requests for medical assistance in dying are increasing across the country.
00:44We're beginning to hear more stories about people feeling it's their only recourse from excruciating circumstances.
00:55I didn't want to really end my life, but it really just came down to a matter of funding at that point.
01:03The health system is basically going to tell you, you should kill yourself, because that's the cheapest option.
01:14Many people are afraid of disability. They've never had to interact with it before.
01:18The decision makers are really ruining our chances of surviving.
01:26I feel that this film will be dismissed as cynicism.
01:34But the death of disabled people has been justified for so long.
01:40Doctors encouraged me to pull the plug.
01:48This film is not about suicide.
01:52It's about the phenomenon that leaves disabled people desperate to find their place in the world that perpetually rejects them.
02:02I need to find her. There are too many unanswered questions.

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