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Life After : Exclusive Interview with Director Reid Davenport and Producer Colleen Cassingham

©Courtesy of Multitude Films In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia and her story’s relevance…

‘Life After’ To Die Or Not To Die, That Is The Question Thrust Upon The Disabled

Who holds the right to decide whether a life is worth living? What factors determine the quality of a human existence? Should their be limitations to the right to die with dignity? All these questions are explored by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport in his investigative documentary Life After.  The motion picture — which was presented…