Memento mori

Collaborators : Christensen, David | Cowley, Bruce | Dransfeld, Rosie | Thompson, Bonnie | Thompson, Niobe | ID: Productions Inc. (edmonton) | Office national du film du Canada
Donation of organs, tissues, etc -- Canada.Organ donors -- Canada.Procurement of organs, tissues, etc -- Canada.Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Canada.Health and Medicine -- Accidents, Emergencies and First Aid.Health and Medicine -- Bioethics.Health and Medicine -- Coping with Illness and Dying.Health and Medicine -- Hospitals and medical clinics.Documentary films.Show 4 more

Memento mori is an evocative cinematic journey alongside the living and the dying, bringing to the screen a human drama never-before captured on film. With remarkable access to Canada's busiest organ-transplant hospital, we witness one of the most profound experiences in any human life: the loss of a child, and the agonizing decision this tragedy demands. Created by two acclaimed Canadian documentarians, director Niobe Thompson and producer Rosvita Dransfeld, Memento mori grips the viewer in a relentless, emotional embrace-propelling us from moments of unexpected joy to unbearable heartbreak-until the very final frame. An arresting tour de force of vérité filmmaking, immersing us completely in a world few of us understand but which we'll all one day encounter.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (89 min., 15 sec.)Language : AnglaisYear of publication : ©2016

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