| Description |
1 DVD (64 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
"Produced in association with ITVS and KQED Public Television with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting." |
| Note |
Filmed in 2004. |
| Summary |
Bob Stern, 77, discovers he is seriously ill, possibly dying. Thinking of an in-law on life-support, Bob decides to take his own life to avoid that end. His family tries to stop him. Bob sets up a video camera and tapes his arguments for suicide. Daughter Susan Stern tells the story of her father's interesting life and talks about difficult end-of-life choices. |
| Awards |
"Duke University Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award;" Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. |
| Note |
"PBS national broadcast, P.O.V. July 26, 2005." |
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Closed captioning. |
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Includes interview with director, Susan Stern. |
| Local Note |
Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian. |
| Terms Of Use |
Rider University has limited public performance rights included in the purchase of this title. "Institutional streaming licenses for....life of file terms permit all Educational Uses....Educational Use: Exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content in educational markets including, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums, hospitals, companies, and nonprofit organizations and individual exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content by Authorized Users studying, researching or working through primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and distance learning programs"--New Day Terms and Conditions. |
| Subject |
Stern, Bob, -2005.
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Stern, Bob, -2005. |
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Suicide.
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Suicide. |
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Right to die.
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Right to die. |
| Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Stern, Bob, -2005.
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Stern, Susan.
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Bernal Beach Films.
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New Day Films.
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| Added Title |
POV (Television program)
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| ISBN |
157448124X |
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9781574481242 |
| Standard No. |
823857134328 |
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