Facing death /
For more than twenty years, Lars Westman has been filming his mother. The result is a unique record of life s inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother who lived to a ripe old age in her own home, until complications from a hip injury necessitated her move to a nursing home...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Language Notes: | Swedish, subtitles in English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | For more than twenty years, Lars Westman has been filming his mother. The result is a unique record of life s inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother who lived to a ripe old age in her own home, until complications from a hip injury necessitated her move to a nursing home. When she succumbed to her final illness, her son was at her bedside to record her last breath. Their strong affection helps the film transcend grim reality. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011). Slide. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (61 min.). |
| Audience: | For College; Adult audiences. |
| Awards: | International Congress on Terminally Ill, 1994 |