Life after

A documentary by Reid Davenport

2025
1h 39m

World Premiere: 2025 Sundance Film Festival – U.S. Documentary Competition

A powerful, personal investigation into autonomy and the right to die

In 1983, Elizabeth Bouvia, a disabled Californian woman, sought the legal right to die, igniting a national debate on autonomy and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom battles, she vanished from public view. In Life After, disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover what happened to Bouvia and why her story remains disturbingly relevant today. The film exposes the tangled web of moral dilemmas and systemic failures surrounding assisted dying, amplifying the voices of the disability community fighting for justice and dignity.

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