Originaltitel
Better Off Dead?
Produktionsland
GB
Produktionsdatum
2024
Info, Dokumentation
Better Off Dead?
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr. We may be used to seeing Liz in dramas such as Silent Witness, Good Omens or The Witcher, but now she's stepping away from the spotlight to pursue her greatest passion - debating why she believes we shouldn't legalise assisted suicide. As a long-term campaigner against that change, Liz fears disabled lives will be put at risk if the law is altered. Travelling to Canada, Liz explores the repercussions of some of the most permissive assisted suicide laws in the world. Here Liz is confronted with a law that can end the lives of not just the terminally ill but people who are disabled and those who are offered a medically assisted death as a "way out" of social deprivation. Back in the UK, Liz meets influential voices calling for a change in the law, such as Labour peer Lord Falconer and Sunday Times columnist Melanie Reid. She also meets fellow campaigners fighting to retain the status quo, including disabled peer Baroness Jane Campbell, who had a "Do Not Resuscitate" order placed on her for a routine illness without consent. In a society where disabled people are often told they are "better off dead" than disabled, Liz asks: 'Should we really be giving more power to end that group of people's lives?'
Top stars
Mark Strong
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Brigitte Hobmeier
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Angelina Jolie
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Mark Wahlberg
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Dylan O'Brien
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Antje Traue
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Sebastian Koch
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Drew Barrymore
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Tobias Moretti
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Kevin Costner
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Frank Sinatra
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Richard Chamberlain
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