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Catalogue Number: NFB523695
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Nicole Lamothe
Directors: Lina B. Moreco
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Civics, Documentary, Education, Family Studies/Home Economics, Health and Medicine, Religious Studies, Science, Seniors, Social Issues, Social Studies, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2000
Running Time: 113:32
Closed Captions: Yes
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Let Me Die - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB523695
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Nicole Lamothe
Directors: Lina B. Moreco
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Civics, Documentary, Education, Family Studies/Home Economics, Health and Medicine, Religious Studies, Science, Seniors, Social Issues, Social Studies, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2000
Running Time: 113:32
Closed Captions: Yes
Click here for pricing
Dying is something we normally avoid thinking about. But when living comes to mean wasting away, losing all autonomy, seeing one's very identity eroded, death may be a welcome deliverance. What options does society permit? Living wills, heroic medical intervention, passive euthanasia--are these choices enough for someone in severe pain whose death is imminent? Critically ill people courageously speak about quality of life and their wish to die with dignity. We also hear from doctors who advocate a more humane, less controlling approach to illness and death. Each person has an intimate relationship with life. Why isn't it the same with death? Shouldn't we be allowed a freely chosen, dignified end when the time is right? In French with English subtitles.