Wellbeing Library
“We have come to medicalize ageing, frailty and death, treating them as if they were just one clinical problem to overcome. However, it is not only medicine that is needed in one’s declining years, but life - a life with meaning, a life as rich and full as possible under the circumstances.”
— Oliver Sacks
Death in Cinema: Exploring Life, Death, and Grief on the Big Screen
Exploring end of life stories through films can teach us important life lessons and be a useful way of kickstarting often uncomfortable conversations. Movies are a moyenne through which to destigmatise death and dying. Check out our Part of Life Movie Library.