Other Side: Director's Spotlight
When:
Sunday, Aug 17, 2025 1:00p -
3:00p
Sunday, Aug 17, 2025 1:00p -
3:00p
Where:
West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Admission:
$20
Hosted by:
Categories:
Movies
Event website:
https://www.westnewtoncinema.com/movie/other-side
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's directors, Carter Oakley and Heather Hogan.
ABOUT
Death is inevitable, suffering may be optional. After three separate cancer diagnoses, and undergoing nauseating and difficult treatment for each one, Connecticut based activist Lynda Bluestein set her sights on medical aid in dying.
This compassionate end-of-life option was not available in her home state, so she filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont to gain access to their Death With Dignity law, Act 39 – and she won.
A rich portrait of a fearless activist, matriarch, and fallible human, this feature documentary follows Lynda and her family over the course of a year as they navigate life and prepare for her inevitable death. But will her life end the way she intends it to?
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This Event will be moderated by Dr. Karen Freund:
Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH is Physician-in-Chief for the Department of Medicine and the Sheldon M. Wolff Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is Associate Director for Research Collaborations within the Tufts Clinical and Translation Science Institute (CTSI), and teaches in the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences.
