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62 days / Fork Films presents ; a film by Rebecca Haimowitz ; directed and produced by Rebecca Haimowitz ; produced by Bright Films, LLC.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muñoz, Marlise.
- Right to die--Texas--Case studies.
- Right to die.
- Pregnant women--Law and legislation--Texas--Case studies.
- Pregnant women.
- Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Terminal care.
- Life support systems (Critical care)--Moral and ethical aspects--Texas.
- Life support systems (Critical care).
- Life support systems (Critical care)--Law and legislation--Texas.
- Mothers--Mortality--Law and legislation--Texas.
- Mothers.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (29 min.)) : sound, color
- Other Title:
- Sixty-two days
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- Summary:
- 62 DAYS is an urgent examination of a growing trend of laws that seek to control a pregnant woman's body. It tells the story of a brain-dead pregnant woman whose family was forced to keep her on life support against their will. Marlise Muñoz was 33 years old and 14 weeks pregnant with her second child when she suffered a pulmonary embolism and was pronounced brain-dead in a hospital in Texas. Marlise had been clear about her end-of-life wishes: she did not want to be on mechanical support under any circumstances. But Marlise was kept alive because of a little-known law that states "a person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment ... from a pregnant patient." The film reveals that this is not an anomaly: there are currently 32 states (and counting) with similar or identical pregnancy exclusion policies.
- Participant:
- Featuring Erick Muñoz, Lynne Machado, Ernest Machado.
- Credits:
- Editor, Rabab Haj Yahya ; film composer, Timo Chen ; directors of photography, Amy Bench, Tyler Gorrell, Basia Winograd.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1261760751
- Publisher Number:
- wm-62day Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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