Multimedia

We're Living Well, but Dying Matters

New film 'We’re living well but Dying Matters', produced by CHANGE for Dying Matters and the National End of Life Care Programme, is about including people with learning difficulties in discussions around death, dying and bereavement.out why dying matters to him.

[Source: dyingmatters]

Video

Short film of the week

In our third instalment, we have a short documentary film in which the warden of North Carolina's Central Prison (Marvin Polk) narrates the preparation and final hours before an execution in Raleigh, where the state execution facilities are located.

Culturescope

In this instalment, we hear the death song of the Anasazi tribe of Native Americans, compiled with a visual montage of the landscapes they use to occupy in the American mid-west.

Anasazi Secret Death Song

Credit: AnasaziSecret

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A Death Penalty Short Film

Director: Scott Langley

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In Depth

A controversial and multi-faceted ethical topic. Has eugenics faded away with time, or has the pseudo science morphed and cloaked itself under new auspices? Were some of the original founders of population control efforts themselves eugenicists?
[Credit: oldthinkernews ]

Population Control: The Eugenics Connection - Part 1

Podcast

Interview:

An interview with Gill Cannon, Legacy Manager at Sue Ryder Care, about the importance of writing a will

Lecture:

Professor Malcolm Johnson from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath looks at the changing face of death in an ageing society.