Life After
Asian Premiere
Reid Davenport US 2025 99 min NC16 (Mature Content)
A disabled documentary filmmaker maps the intersection of morality, finance and politics in the rise of assisted dying policies.
Unwilling to live with intense pain due to her disabilities, Elizabeth Bouvia began lobbying for the right to die in 1983. Decades later, North American governments move to expand the criteria for assisted dying, formerly only for the terminally ill, to include disability. As more disabled persons sign up to end their lives, activists begin to connect these laws to decreasing public health funding.
In its quest to uncover the implications and consequences of these laws, Life After reveals the profit-driven motives behind them. Centring the voices of the disabled and the disability community, the film asserts that conditions and support for dignified living must first be established before making assisted dying easier.
Synopsis Writer: Sasha Han
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6 Dec, Sat 9:30PM / 99 min
Oldham Theatre
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Life After
Reid Davenport
US
2025
English
99 min
NC16 (Mature Content)
Asian Premiere
Reid Davenport
Based in New York, Reid Davenport is an American filmmaker best known for his political documentaries exposing the structures that discriminate against disability. His feature films I Didn’t See You There (2022) and Life After premiered and won awards at the Sundance Film Festival. Life After was also a New York Times Critic’s Pick.
Colleen Cassingham
