DVD - $30.00 each |
VHS tape - $35.00 each |
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Independent
Documentaries
203 Days
203 Days is a half-hour documentary about one family facing the death of the
matriarch. It depicts the family dynamics at work when Sarah, the terminally
ill mother comes to live with Kaye, her daughter. Even with the help of hospice
both Sarah and Kaye are faced with the stress of family conflicts and daily decisions
about pain management, mobility, outside assistance and medical crises.
The viewer sees how Kaye copes with each step of Sarah's decline and how both
Kaye and Sarah choose to acknowledge impending death in an age where so much
effort is made to distance ourselves from it.
26 minutes 46 seconds
Critical Comments about 203 Days
"It's a brave, intimate, and tender film that shows both
the poignancy and the difficulties of a person's last year."
Marlene Booth, award winning filmmaker
"Gentle & powerful!"
Andrei Brauns, TV Journalist/Producer, Paris, France
"I would use this as a training tool for physicians,
nurses, social workers, gerontologists, and others."
Kathryn L. Braun, Dr PH, Professor of Public Health and Social Work, University
of Hawaii
"... very powerful, especially for young students in all
aspects of caring professions. They do not have any experience
with dying, either the human dynamics or the physiology. The film
will get them thinking - and it will be good for them. "
Joseph M. Civetta, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
University of Connecticut School of Medicine |