“An excellent resource
and valuable document.” (The Bulletin of the History of Medicine)
“The foremost authority in the field of death, dying and transition...it might well be said she invented the field.” (Health World Online)
“A powerful and thoughtful film. Recommended!” (Video Librarian)
“The foremost authority in the field of death, dying and transition...it might well be said she invented the field.” (Health World Online)
“A powerful and thoughtful film. Recommended!” (Video Librarian)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
devoted her life to death and dying and achieved worldwide fame in the process.
Through her strong commitment to the subject, she has done much to
de-stigmatize dying and to draw attention to the treatment of the terminally
ill.
Her story is a
remarkable one. Born in Zurich in 1926 as a 2-pound triplet, she studied
medicine in defiance of her parents' wishes and struggled for recognition as a
psychiatrist in the United States. In 1969 she achieved international fame
through her work with terminally ill patients in Chicago and her book 'On Death
and Dying'. This initial success was followed by countless workshops and
lecture tours around the world and the establishment of a healing center in
Virginia, which was destroyed by arsonists in 1994. Since that time, Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross suffered a series of strokes and lived secluded in the desert
outside Phoenix, Arizona.
This remarkably
intimate film was made when Kübler-Ross awaited her own death - on the verge of
the transition she researched so passionately. Conversations with Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross in Arizona form the core of the film. She looks back on her life,
describes her childhood and her work, and explains how she herself faces aging
and impending death. Interviews with her sisters, friends, and colleagues, as
well as extensive archival material provide a comprehensive look into the life
and work of this extraordinary woman.
Dra.Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
(1926-2004)
"Uma das 100 pessoas mais
importantes do século XX" (Times)
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"El director Stefan Haupt (Utopia Blues) ha realizado un documental biográfico sobre la doctora y escritora Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, pionera en el estudio de la muerte y los moribundos. Haupt, impresionado por cómo Kübler-Ross escribía sobre la muerte en uno de sus libros, "La rueda de la vida", decidió poner en marcha este proyecto. Para ello habló con la protagonista, en una larga entrevista en su casa de Arizona, sus familiares y allegados, y recopiló mucho material de archivo para contar su vida y su trabajo. Gran parte del documental se centra en esta entrevista personal a la infatigable Elisabeth ¿Cómo vive los últimos días de su vida? ¿Cómo ve su vida y su carrera? ¿Cómo se enfrenta a su propia muerte? A través de estas conversaciones el film regresa a su vida y trabajo en Suiza y en EEUU. También aparecen amigos, compañeros, familiares y, sobre todo sus hermanas mellizas."
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