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Life After
Big Screen Premiere
When
Thu 11 Sep 2025
6.30pm
Join us for the Victorian premiere of Reid Davenport's Sundance award-winning documentary examining the complexity of the right-to-die movement.
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.
Bringing together the missing voices of the disability community in the ongoing debate about assisted dying, Sundance-winner Reid Davenport embarks on a personal investigation to find out what happened to Bouvia and reveal why her story is disturbingly relevant today. Along the way, Davenport exposes the intersection of systemic failures and personal autonomy, challenging the idea that assisted dying always represents a free choice, when it can sometimes be seen as the only option.
Making its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Reid Davenport's film received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award.
Life After will be available to stream on DocPlay from Monday 3 November.
“Engrossing, moving, and most importantly, confrontational”
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