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SUMMARY:"Better Off Dead?" with Liz Carr
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Accessibility for a screening and discussi
 on of this groundbreaking documentary.\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/even
 t/11700177
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Start the morning with a screening of the 
 acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary&nbsp\;<em>Better Off Dead?\, </em>followed 
 by a panel discussion with English actress and international disability ri
 ghts activist Liz Carr. Refreshments will be served after the discussion.<
 /p>\n<h4>Panelists</h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Liz Carr\, <em>Disability Rights Advoca
 te\, Actress\, and Filmmaker</em></li>\n<li>Sherman Gillums\, Jr.\, Ed.D\,
  <em>Patients&rsquo\; Rights Action Fund - Board Member</em></li>\n<li>Ste
 phen Lieberman\, <em>United Spinal Association - Director\, Advocacy &amp\
 ; Policy</em></li>\n<li>Jessica Podesva\, J.D.\, <em>National Council on I
 ndependent Living - Director of Advocacy and Public Policy</em> </li>\n<li
 >Shonda McLaughlin\, Ph.D\, <em>Not Dead Yet - Member</em></li>\n</ul>\n<p
 ></p>\n<p>Film running time: 58 minutes</p>\n<p>NOTE: Registration is stro
 ngly recommended.</p>\n<p><strong>*Accessibility notes:</strong> ASL inter
 pretation will be provided throughout the event. Open captions will displa
 y on screen for the film. CART will be provided for the panel discussion.<
 /p>\n<p>For any other reasonable accommodations\, please include details i
 n the registration form\, or contact the Center for Accessibility at <a hr
 ef="mailto:DCPLaccess@dc.gov">DCPLaccess@dc.gov</a>&nbsp\;or 202-727-2142.
 </p>\n<p><em>This program is presented with support from the Patients Righ
 ts Action Fund\, National Council on Independent Living\, United Spinal As
 sociation\, the American Association of People with Disabilities\, and Not
  Dead Yet.</em></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<h4><strong>About Liz</stro
 ng></h4>\n<p>Liz Carr is an English actress and international disability r
 ights activist who lives in&nbsp\;London\, England with her wife Jo and he
 r 19 year old cat\, Ella Fitzgerald.&nbsp\;A lead actor in the BBC's flags
 hip forensic drama <em>Silent Witness</em> for 8 seasons\, Liz is also kno
 wn for the regular characters she portrays in the Prime Video series <em>G
 ood Omens</em>\, Netflix's <em>The Witcher\,</em> and the Marvel series <e
 m>Loki</em>. She can be seen alongside Mark Wahlberg in <em>Infinite</em>\
 , the Paramount thriller by the renowned director Antoine Fuqua. On stage\
 , in 2022 Liz won an Olivier award (The UK equivalent of the Tony awards) 
 for her performance in critically acclaimed\, <em>The Normal Heart</em> at
  the National Theatre.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />In May 2024\, Liz authored a h
 ighly anticipated BBC documentary\, <em>Better Off Dead?</em> exploring wh
 y she and many other disabled people oppose legalising assisted suicide an
 d euthanasia. She is not religious but instead\, her objections are based 
 on a disability rights and social justice perspective\, a perspective that
  Liz and others believe has been ignored by the media. Until now.&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;</p>\n<p><br />This documentary is the culmination of over 15 years o
 f activism\; in 2012 Liz visited all the countries where assisted suicide 
 was then legal for a two&nbsp\;part BBC World Service radio documentary ca
 lled\, <em>When Assisted Death is Legal.</em> She wrote and performed in t
 he sold out show\, <em>Assisted Suicide: The Musical</em> and she has spok
 en on this subject on radio\, in TV debates and at events all over the wor
 ld.&nbsp\;<em>Better Off Dead?</em> has already&nbsp\;been nominated for a
  prestigious UK documentary award\, a 'Grierson\,' for best science docume
 ntary.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/11700177
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