Life After – Watch the trailer for the new investigative documentary

Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport (I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE) trenchantly probes the legacy of Elizabeth Bouvia — a disabled California woman who, at the age of 26, sought “the right to die.” Her 1983 case provoked a national debate about the value of disabled lives, and Davenport sees echoes in chilling contemporary cases of disabled people dying prematurely — at their own hands and from a broken health care system. Through moving interviews and rich archival material, LIFE AFTER looks critically at where progressive values of bodily autonomy collide with the devaluing and fear of disabled lives.

The film opens at the Film Forum in NYC on 18th July.

Screenings in the US:

• Philadelphia, PA – July 24 @ 7 PM ET – Philadelphia Film Society
• Chicago, IL – July 27 @ 3 pm CT – Gene Siskel Film Center
• Austin, TX – July 30 @ 7:30 PM CT – AFS Cinema
• Miami, FL – August 2 @ 7 PM ET – O Cinema South Beach
• Atlanta, GA – August 4 @ 7 PM ET – The Tara
• San Francisco, CA – August 10 @ 12:30 PM PT – The Roxie
• Los Angeles, CA – August 11 – Vidiots
• Seattle, WA – August 14 @ 6:30 pm PT – Northwest Film Forum
• Portland, OR – August 15 @ 7 pm PT – PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater