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"LIFE Before Death (2012)"

One in every ten people alive today will die in severe pain because the cheap medicine they need is derived from opium, perhaps the most controversial and controlled substance on Earth.

LIFE Before Death is a documentary project about the remarkable health professionals battling the sweeping epidemic of pain that threatens to condemn one in every ten of us to an agonizing and shameful death. Their tireless struggle pits them against unfeeling governments, dysfunctional bureaucracies, voracious corporations, over-zealous law enforcement agencies and, above all, the deep-seated attitudes of you and I.

LIFE Before Death will include 50 short films themed around pain control and end of life issues, releasing one a week for a year from May 2011.

The project is broadly about patients facing life-limiting illness, their families and the remarkable health care professionals fighting to change the culture of medicine to be focused on care, rather than exclusively on cure.

A feature film was released in early 2012 and is available at http://www.lifebeforedeath.com

The project is presented by the Lien Foundation and produced by Moonshine Movies.

It is also supported by the International Association for the Study of Pain, The Mayday Fund, the Union for International Cancer Control and The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice International Programs.

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