Life in Focus Film Festival

Featuring powerful, award-winning films and true stories that explore human dignity, and what it means to provide real care at end of life.
About this Event

A Festival Rooted in Real Care

Join the MN Alliance of Ethical Healthcare for an inspiring and educational day of film, storytelling and connection.

Our speakers, experts and panelists will reflect on the films featured throughout the day, and their personal experiences advocating for real care and solutions for the most vulnerable - and opposing the risks of physician-assisted suicide.

The festival is designed for the broader MN community, healthcare professionals, disability advocates and partners of the Alliance. All are welcome to attend - please bring your family, friends and community for an inspiring day of storytelling and reflection.

• Four feature-films and various speakers/panelists will be programmed in the main Coffman Theater
• Ancillary screening rooms will also be available for rotating short-films and additional viewings of the feature films to accomodate participant availabiltiies
• Snacks and refreshments will be included throughout the day - along with a closing reception at 4:00 p.m.

Agenda

🕑: 08:30 AM
Check-in
🕑: 09:00 AM
Welcome
🕑: 09:10 AM
Feature Film #1 & Reflection
🕑: 10:30 AM
Feature Film #2 & Panel Discussion
🕑: 12:00 PM
Lunch Break
🕑: 12:45 PM
Feature Film #3 & Filmmaker Interview
🕑: 02:40 PM
Feature Film #4
🕑: 03:25 PM
Panel Discussion
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing Reception
Film Line Up
Life After

Info: Reid Davenport investigates assisted suicide through the story of Elizabeth Bouvia, viewed through a disability-rights lens.

Life Worth Living
Host: Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Info: "The Canadian Experience": the expansion of MAID in Canada, through physicians and families, raising questions about safeguards and vulnerable populations

Better Off Dead

Info: Disability-rights activist Liz Carr investigates assisted dying from the perspective of disabled people, and asks whether safeguards can adequately protect undervalued lives.

Prescription Poison
Host: Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Info: A warning-toned look at the expansion of assisted suicide in America.