Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport (I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE) trenchantly probes the legacy of Elizabeth Bouvia, a disabled 26-year-old California woman who sought “the right to die.” Her 1983 case provoked a national debate about the value of disabled lives, and Davenport sees echoes in chilling contemporary cases of disabled people dying prematurely — at their own hands and from a broken health care system. Through moving interviews and rich archival material, LIFE AFTER looks critically at where progressive values of bodily autonomy collide with the devaluing and fear of disabled lives.

LIFE AFTER will screen in New York City at the Film Forum on July 18, and will be screened in other cities on the following dates:

Philadelphia, PA – July 24 @ 7PM – Philadelphia Film Society

Chicago, IL – July 27 @ 3PM – Gene Siskel Film Center

Austin, TX – July 30 @ 7:30PM – AFS Cinema

Miami, FL – August 2 @ 7PM – O Cinema South Beach

Atlanta, GA – August 4 @7 PM – The Tara

San Francisco, CA – August 10 @ 12:30PM – The Roxie

Los Angeles, CA – August 11 – Vidiots

Seattle, WA – August 14 @ 6:30PM – Northwest Film Forum

Portland, OR – August 15 @ 7PM – PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater