Prognosis
Project Description:
“In PROGNOSIS – notes on living, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Debra Chasnoff turns the camera on herself as she faces terminal illness. With her wife, sons, and community by her side, she creates an emotionally raw, funny, and profoundly intimate portrait of what’s possible when we show up for each other at life’s end. But this isn’t most people’s story. With an aging population, a loneliness epidemic, and healthcare worker shortages, too many Americans will face their final chapter alone. Throughout her career, Debra used film to build community. In her final work, she offers one more gift: a beautifully human story that helps us imagine—and plan for—caring for each other during life’s hardest moments. Since its premiere, PROGNOSIS has reached audiences at film festivals, universities, and caregiver trainings worldwide—including a powerful partnership with the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), which uses the film to train end-of-life doulas globally. Soon, PBS will bring PROGNOSIS into living rooms nationwide—reaching families before crisis hits, when there’s still time to build their own circles of care. Together with partners like INELDA, SAGEcare, End Well, and PBS stations, we’re shifting how America talks about death—from silence and fear toward honest conversations about the messy, beautiful work of caring for each other.”
- Citizen Film
Role:
Additional Editor