Life After (2025)
99 min
LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigative documentary that exposes the tangled web of moral dilemmas and profit motives surrounding assisted dying. Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport uncovers shocking abuses of power while amplifying the voices of the disability community fighting for justice and dignity in an unfolding matter of life and death. In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom battles, Bouvia vanished from public view. Sundance-winner Davenport embarks on a personal investigation to find out what really happened to Bouvia and reveal why her story is disturbingly relevant today.
- Release date
- January 27, 2025
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Reid Davenport as Self - Filmmaker
- Michal Kaliszan as Self - Disabled Computer Programmer
- Ann Gulliver as Self - Attendant
- Ash Kelly as Self - Canadian Journalist
- Colleen Cassingham as Self - Producer
- Teresa Castner as Self - Elizabeth Bouvia's Younger Sister
- Rebecca Castner as Self - Elizabeth Bouvia's Older Sister
- Melissa Hickson as Self - Michael Hickson's Widow
- Ramona Coelho as Self - Family Physician
- Sarah Jama as Self - Disability Justice Network of Ontario
Crew
- Reid Davenport · Director
- Colleen Cassingham · Producer
- Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe · Composer
- Amber Fares · Cinematographer
- Don Bernier · Editor