Media Advisory: Acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary “Better Off Dead?” To Be Screened Twice in Washington, D.C.

Award Winning English Actress and International Disability Rights Activist Liz Carr to Appear

Washington – Many are familiar seeing Liz Carr in various television and streaming roles (BBC: Silent Witness, Prime Video: Good Omens, Netflix: The Witcher, Marvel’s Loki: Disney +) and the Big Screen (Infinite), but in her documentary “Better Off Dead?” she goes behind the camera as a long-time disability rights activist to examine whether allowing assisted suicide puts the lives of people with disabilities at risk. In her remarkable documentary, Liz travels to Canada, which has the most permissive assisted suicide laws, allowing not only people with supposedly terminally illnesses to use assisted suicide, but also people who are disabled and suffering social deprivation. In a society where disabled people are often considered “better off dead,” she asks the fundamental question, “Should we really be giving more power to end that group of people’s lives?”

WHAT:  Screening of the 58-minute Liz Carr documentary, “Better Off Dead?”

WHEN: Wednesday, September 18^th (6 pm) & Friday, September 20^th (10:30 am).

WHERE:               

9/18: Capitol Visitors Center, US Capitol. HVC 201, 6 pm. Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) will provide remarks. Wenstrup and Correa introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that assisted suicide puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm.” This event is limited to Members of Congress, their staff, agency staff, and the press. Advanced registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/better-off-dead-a-documentary-screening-with-liz-carr-tickets-1007817738987

Sponsored by: Patients’ Rights Action Fund (https://PRAF.org/), Not Dead Yet (https://notdeadyet.org/), and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (https://DREDF.org/).

9/20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library – Central Library, 901 G Street, NW, WDC 20001, 5^th Floor Event Room, 10:30 am – 2 pm. After the screening there will be a panel* discussion including Carr. Advanced registration is required: https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/11700177

Sponsored by: Patients’ Rights Action Fund, National Council on Independent Living (https://ncil.org/), United Spinal Association (https://unitedspinal.org/), the DC Public Library Center for Accessibility (https://www.dclibrary.org/plan-visit/martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-library/center-accessibility/), Not Dead Yet (https://notdeadyet.org/) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (https://www.aapd.com/).

Interviews:   Carr will be available for interviews throughout her Washington visit, with availability September 18-20. To Schedule an interview contact: Bianca Ngala (bngala@apcoworldwide.com)

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* Panelists include NDY UK member Liz Carr and NDY USA former Board member Dr. Shonda McLaughlin, Ph.D.