Would you rather be dead?
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Would you rather be dead |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 69 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christina Seeland |
| script | Christina Seeland |
| production | Ilona Schultz and Christina Seeland |
| music | Kai Schoormann |
| camera | Bettina Herzner , Daniel de Homont and Oliver Eckert |
| cut | Gabriele Kröber and Christina Seeland |
| occupation | |
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Would you rather be dead is a German documentary by Christina Zealand from 2010 . It shows the lives of six people with a severe disability as well as their relatives, friends and nursing staff .
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Zealand shows the lives of the six people and describes how they deal with their fate. The couple Jan and Susanne and Rosi need a wheelchair to move around , as does Corinna, who suffered a stroke three years ago . Thomas is bedridden after suffering from multiple sclerosis . The sixth protagonist , Stephan, was seriously injured in a car accident ten years ago and has been in a world between coma and consciousness ever since . They all live in the facility for disabled people in Hamburg .
Production and Background
The film was shot by Fortune Cookie Filmproduktion on behalf of ZDF with the support of the Hamburg Cultural Foundation in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The trigger for the film was Seeland's 15-year work in the care sector. There she was confronted with comments such as “50 percent of the disabled people living in residential facilities would definitely prefer to be dead”. To get to the bottom of this statement, she accompanied the six protagonists of her film. It became clear to her, "how diverse, interesting and valuable life is for each individual".
Awards
In 2011, Seeland received the German Television Award for best documentary for her film .
criticism
"The result is a relentlessly open, lovable, humorous picture of seriously ill people that does not gloss over but makes beauty visible."
"Better dead than disabled? Seriously ill people answer the question of the film's title with touching honesty. Christina Seeland accompanies six severely disabled people in her debut film. "
"Sensitive, warm-hearted and humorous"
publication
The film was shown for the first time on October 9, 2010 at the Hamburg Film Festival . The first broadcast on German television took place on November 15, 2011 on ZDF. Further screenings took place at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2010 and the Ojai Film Festival in California . At the beginning of March 2014, the Kleisthaus in Berlin will show the film with an audio description .
Web links
- Would you rather be dead? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Would you rather be dead , Fortune Cookie Filmproduktion website, accessed June 2, 2018.
- Trailer for the film , Christina Seeland's website, accessed on February 12, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Would you rather be dead? , 3sat website, accessed February 12, 2014.
- ↑ The German Television Award : 2011 Best Documentation: Would You Rather Be Dead? In: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2019. Retrieved on March 9, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Would you rather be dead? Documentary plea for life. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Would you rather be dead? Documentary plea for life. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 24, 2014 ; accessed on February 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Would you rather be dead? Documentary. How do the severely disabled think about their life? Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
