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"Better Off Dead?" with Liz Carr

Film screening and panel discussion

Join the Center for Accessibility for a screening and discussion of this groundbreaking documentary

Start the morning with a screening of the acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary Better Off Dead?, followed by a panel discussion with English actress and international disability rights activist Liz Carr. Refreshments will be served after the discussion.

Panelists

• Liz Carr, Disability Rights Advocate, Actress, and Filmmaker
• Sherman Gillums, Jr., Ed.D, Patients’ Rights Action Fund - Board Member
• Stephen Lieberman, United Spinal Association - Director, Advocacy & Policy
• Jessica Podesva, J.D., National Council on Independent Living - Director of Advocacy and Public Policy
• Shonda McLaughlin, Ph.D, Not Dead Yet - Member

Film running time: 58 minutes

NOTE: Registration is strongly recommended.

*Accessibility notes: ASL interpretation will be provided throughout the event. Open captions will display on screen for the film. CART will be provided for the panel discussion.

For any other reasonable accommodations, please include details in the registration form, or contact the Center for Accessibility at DCPLaccess@dc.gov or 202-727-2142.

This program is presented with support from the Patients Rights Action Fund, National Council on Independent Living, United Spinal Association, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and Not Dead Yet.

About Liz

Liz Carr is an English actress and international disability rights activist who lives in London, England with her wife Jo and her 19 year old cat, Ella Fitzgerald. A lead actor in the BBC's flagship forensic drama Silent Witness for 8 seasons, Liz is also known for the regular characters she portrays in the Prime Video series Good Omens, Netflix's The Witcher, and the Marvel series Loki. She can be seen alongside Mark Wahlberg in Infinite, 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, The Normal Heart at the National Theatre. 

In May 2024, Liz authored a highly anticipated BBC documentary, Better Off Dead? exploring why she and many other disabled people oppose legalising assisted suicide and 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.  

This documentary is the culmination of over 15 years of activism; in 2012 Liz visited all the countries where assisted suicide was then legal for a two part BBC World Service radio documentary called, When Assisted Death is Legal. She wrote and performed in the sold out show, Assisted Suicide: The Musical and she has spoken on this subject on radio, in TV debates and at events all over the world. Better Off Dead? has already been nominated for a prestigious UK documentary award, a 'Grierson,' for best science documentary.

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