Documentaries
Griefwalker
Griefwalker, Tim Wilson’s feature length documentary, sets its lens on Stephen Jenkinson in an unforgettable exploration of death phobia as a culture.
Jenkinson, a Harvard educated theologian, is one of Canada’s leading palliative care educators. Captured with a cinematic eye, this lyrical, haunting documentary exhibits an unparalleled understanding of mortality.
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Denise: Circle of Blessings
Denise: Circle of Blessing is a 60 minute documentary about the last three months of Denise Thornton's life. At age 49, Denise was diagnosed with stage-four, metastasized cancer. During the remaining three years of her life, Denise not only defied her initial prognosis of six months to live, but embraced her illness as a spiritual path and as a way of sharing her life with others. A brave and charismatic woman, Denise was a unique individual with much to teach us about our own lives.
One Step Closer: A 360-degree view of end-of-life Care
This documentary examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes information and experiences gathered from interviews with dying patients, their families, hospitals, doctors, nurses, clergy, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospice programs, payer sources, national experts on death and dying, and the bereaved.
The Alzheimer's Project: The Memory Loss Tapes
This verité documentary profiles seven people living with the disease, each in an advancing state of dementia across the full spectrum of the progression of the disease.
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