Live After

In 1983, Elizabeth Bouvia sparked a nationwide debate on the right to die. Now filmmaker Reid Davenport retraces her largely forgotten story and examines the unsettling realities behind assisted suicide. Through the personal perspective of a filmmaker with a disability, Davenport reveals a world in which death appears to be the cheaper and more accessible option than providing dignified care in an unforgiving capitalist system. The film amplifies the voices of people with disabilities that are often marginalized in debates about autonomy. Davenport explores the fragile boundary between personal choice and systemic pressure, where unaffordable care, poverty, and isolation can become arguments for death as the only solution available.