Film Preview: Vanishing Act
A new take on the assisted-suicide documentary genre
A filmmaker and her subject grew closer during production of Vanishing: A Love Story which had a preview screening at Yale University on April 8. ABOVE: Documentary director Sandra Luckow (left) with the late Cai Emmons (contributed photo).
New Haven Independent arts editor Brian Slattery reports:
‘But as Emmons herself promised, Vanishing “is not about the moment of death,” Luckow said. It’s about the way Emmons lived her life, right up to the end, driven to experience as much as possible, arms and mind wide open. And, Luckow said, “it’s about her having the agency to do what she wants to do.”’
Full article here: A Full Life Through Death