For Whom the Bell Tolls: Cathy Henkel and Sam Lara on Saying Goodbye in 'Laura's Choice'

The question of who gets to decide if and when we have the right to die has long been a fraught one – and it is a topic that takes on particularly intimate dimensions in Cathy Henkel and Sam Lara's deeply affecting documentary, which chronicles the fulfilment of ninety-year-old Laura Henkel's wish to make that decision on her own terms. Stephen A Russell talks to the filmmakers about the difficult journey of honouring their mother and grandmother's call, and the challenges of putting something so personal on screen.

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euthanasia, voluntary assisted dying, Robert Bresson, Switzerland, The Man Who Stole My Mother's Face, Mark McGowan, Laura's Kitchen Table