Free Screening of Last Flight Home
Sun, Jul 21
|The Deep End Studios
Join Philadelphia Community Deathcare for a free screening of Last Flight Home, a documentary on medical aid in dying.
Time & Location
Jul 21, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
The Deep End Studios, 1313 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA
Guests
About the event
Drop by the Deep End Studios for a free screening of Last Flight Home, a documentary about medical aid in dying by Ondi Timoner. Medical Aid in Dying is a practice that allows a terminally ill, mentally competent adult to legally request and receive a lethal dose of medication from a physician to end their life.
Food and drinks will be served, and the screening will be followed by a group discussion about salient topics.
Description of the film by the documentarian, Ondi Timoner:
“I never expected to turn the camera onto my family until my father decided to end his own life in late January 2021. I was just desperate to bottle my wonderful father up somehow - and this was the only way I knew how. He was my best friend, my greatest pal and champion, and the most inspiring person my family and I, and most of…