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Showing 1 - 10 of 60 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Death and Dying


All Water Has a Perfect Memory

A poignant experimental documentary that explores the effects of tragedy and remembrance on a bi-cultural family.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 19 minutes

Almost Home

Almost Home is a stunningly intimate feature-length, cinema verité film that follows the stories of residents, families and workers in a Midwestern nursing home as they struggle with the personal challenges of aging while trying to transform their century-old hospital-like institution into a true home.

371 Productions | 2005 | 84 minutes

Amore Mio

A young woman refuses to attend her husband's funeral and goes on a road trip with her son and sister instead. During this improvised trip, they will rediscover each other and relearn freedom.

Distrib Films | 2023 | 80 minutes

Blood Manifesto

A disturbing personal meditation on the shedding blood for one's ideals.

National Film Board of Canada | 2014 | 2 minutes

Bringing Albert Home

Roger, Colette, and Nicole embark on an impossible mission: to bring their older brother's remains back to France, from the military cemetery in Oran where he was buried in 1944. To succeed, they must overcome administrative nightmares and, being over 90, learn to master technology: tablets, siri, texts, emails...

Andana Films | 2022 | 52 minutes

Caregiver: A Love Story

A woman’s heroic decision to take control of the end of her life creates complex, unexpected challenges for her caregiver husband

GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 24 minutes

Caring at the End of Life

The challenges patients, families and health care providers face when addressing end-of-life care and decision-making.

The Fanlight Collection | 2001 | 45 minutes

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Reiko Endo visits Nagaoka to find out why victims of the tsunami were welcomed so quickly and to see a play by a high-school student.

KimStim | 2012 | 160 minutes

City Life - Brazil

Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 27 minutes

Code Gray

Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Explores four open-ended cases in which nurses confront serious ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day work.

The Fanlight Collection | 1983 | 26 minutes