Sundance 2025: Reid Davenport’s Contemplative New Doc ‘Life After’
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“This movie is not about suicide, which would mean it would be about death. Rather, it’s about life, life that is far more complex than the soundbite clips from the past can give.” One of the better documentaries hidden in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival line-up is this fascinating, contemplative new film called Life After from filmmaker Reid Davenport. This is his second feature to premiere at the festival – Davenport was also at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival with his autobiographical doc titled I Didn’t See You There. This time around he focuses on a whole other intriguing topic – the right to die. Davenport’s Life After film is about the story of a disabled woman who, in the 1980s, went to court to fight for her right to choose to die on her own. In 1983, disabled Elizabeth Bouvia sought right to die, sparking national debate. After legal battles, she vanished. Disabled director Reid Davenport explores her fate and the story’s relevance today in this thoughtful new film. The filmmaking is impressive, so are the implications & considerations it explores. // Continue Reading ›
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