Filmakers - Death and Dying

Death and Dying

20 film(s) found

	After a Suicide This film made by a woman who suffered from her mother's suicide provides support and understanding for the many survivors of suicide. more »
	Angels Don't Have Headlights A psychiatrist produced this sensitive film on bereavement, showing four children aged three to eleven, who lost a family member through death. more »
	Dax's Case After Dax was blinded, disfigured, and burned during an explosion, doctors continued his painful treatments against the patient's will. This gripping documentary poses the ultimate bioethical dilemma: does a patient have the right to refuse treatment? more »
	Dying Dying is a profound and poignant portrait of three people dying at home with their loved ones. Their last days are shaped by who they are as human beings. more »
	Dying with Dignity After a twenty- five year debate, the Netherlands became the word's first country to sanction active euthanasia if it is preceded by a very deliberate and prescribed collaboration of patient, family, and medical team. There must be a review by a panel consisting of a lawyer, professor of ethics and attending physician. This film profiles four people who are terminally ill at a palliative care facility in Rijnstadt Hospital, in Arnhem. more »
	Endnotes If all of us would know that our last days would be spent surrounded by caring people in a humane environment, such as the one we see in this film at the Royal Victoria Hospital, then dying would be less terrifying. more »
	Euthanasia This film examines the legal, moral and ethical issues of euthanasia. Filmed mostly in Holland, the only country to permit euthanasia at the patrient's request. more »
	Facing Death For more than twenty years, Lars Westman filmed his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother. more »
	Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality This profound documentary investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of mortality. Experts describe death anxiety as a possible root cause of many human behaviors on psychological, spiritual, and cultural levels. more »
	Hidden Battles How does killing change the person who pulls the trigger? Hidden Battles is a dramatic exploration of the psychological impact of war on five soldiers. more »
	I Want to Die At Home Divorced and living apart from her grown children, Elizabeth discovered she had incurable cancer. The film is about her loyal and loving friends and family who shared in her care and kept her company throughout this critical period. more »
	Is This Life Worth Living? Through the personal experiences of three families, this documentary explores the ethical issues involved in sustaining the life of a severely brain damaged or comatose patient. more »
	A Journey Back The filmmaker was nine years old when her father shot himself. The film addresses the pain and guilt of the children and spouse left behind when a parent commits suicide. more »
	Last Rights Who decides how life ends? The patient? The family? The physician? The health care system? Last Rights is a compelling, deeply personal exploration of four families and their terminally-ill loved ones as they begin to contemplate death. more »
	Lessons for the Living Lessons for the Living reveals a unique subculture of hospice volunteers as they reflect on their experiences with the dying and their new-found philosophies of life and death. more »
	A Matter of Life or Death: Withdrawing Life Support Focusing on the bioethical decisions involved in terminal care, this program asks whether a patient who is dying has a right to say, "I'd rather die now." more »
	Men Like My Father, Families Like My Own This is a sensitive portrait of men who had each lost a dearly loved wife at an early age, through illness or sudden act of fate. An impressive film on male psychology as well as grief studies. more »
	On Wings Of Song The focus is on Deborah Salmon, a music therapist who helps terminally ill patients find spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days. more »
	Peter Wegner is Alive and Well and Living in Providence A seventy-year-old professor sustains serious brain injury in an accident His family must decide whether to have him undergo risky surgery which could leave him in a vegetative state. more »
	Quality of Mercy Despite advances in pharmacology, many patients suffer needlessly. This film makes a case for better pain management. more »