In May 2011, the Lien Foundation
launched a campaign to promote a series of 50 short films produced by Moonshine
Movies themed around the global crisis of untreated pain and other
end-of-life issues. The Moonshine production team filmed in India,
Uganda, Singapore, Canada, China, USA, South Africa, Australia, Georgia,
Ireland, and Hong Kong. Through interviews with doctors, patients, and
their families, they explored a diverse range of cultural perspectives
on pain, death and dying.
One short film in the LIFE Before Death series by Moonshine Movies
will be released each week for a year, with a feature film and a
one-hour television documentary appearing in late 2011. The videos are
available here, as well as on the LIFE
Before Death YouTube channel. This incredible project was funded in
part by IASP, along with the MayDay Fund, Union for International Cancer
Control, and The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
International Programs.
The Feature Film
This beautifully filmed journey follows the remarkable health
professionals in 11 countries battling the sweeping epidemic of pain
that threatens to condemn one in every ten patients to an agonizing and
shameful death. Through the eyes of patients and their families,
discover the inherent humanity that empowers the best of us to care for
those beyond cure.
