About this Event
A Festival Rooted in Real Care
See the agenda and film/speaker line up for more info.
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.
- Buy tickets in advance to reserve your seat for the full-day. Walk ins are welcome, and can purchase tickets at the theater door.
- 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
Film #1 (Life After) & Reflection
Host: Reid Davenport
🕑: 10:30 AM
Film #2 (Life Worth Living: Averting the Canadian Crisis) & Couch Conversation
Host: Alex Schadenberg & Frank Panico
🕑: 12:00 PM
Lunch Break
🕑: 12:45 PM
Film #3 (Better Off Dead) & Reflection
Host: Liz Carr
🕑: 02:40 PM
Film #4 (Prescription Poison)
Host: Alex Schadenberg & Frank Panico
🕑: 03:25 PM
Panel Discussion + Audience Q&A
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing Reception
Info: Refreshments and Community Connection in the Theater Lounge
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.
Event venue & nearby stays
Coffman Memorial Union Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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