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Seaching For Meaning - 2019

Dedications

The Fim is dedicated to both my Mother Mrs Mary Elizabeth Rodrigues (2018) Who will always be remembered in our hearts.

Laura Bashford (2020), without her bravery and love for her family, it would not have been possible to make this film. Director Jean-Francois Rodrigues

                         Searching For Meaning - Trailer 2019

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ILink to Spotlight film Festival 2019 -    http://www.spotlightdocawards.com/2019filmmakers1.html

Synopsis Taken from the British Council Film

The documentary was made in the wake of the director's own loss of his mother, who in her last days of life received very poor palliative care by the hospital.
The film is aimed to raise awareness around palliative care and end of life care, and covers interviews from a number of UK leading experts in palliative care. The film also takes great care not to leave out the story of those directly in receipt of palliative care. Unlike others films on this subject, the director's primary narrative aim is not to have a film about dying but instead have a film that looks at how to live life to the best until those final days.
SEARCHING FOR MEANING is a collage of education and thoughtfully blended aspects from what is a heartfelt story of a lady who even in the face of death, continues to demonstrate incredible courage by living life to the max. The director is also himself in receipt of palliative care and it's that emotional connection with the subject matter which is truly apparent in this film. see below link
https://youtu.be/oi20sjqTlMw

https://www.documentarystorm.com/searching-for-meaning/

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Laura and Peter Bashford

Searching For Meaning was screen in over 21 locations across the UK for Dying Matters Week and Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief 2019. The film was also screened in Argentina, USA, Canada, Australia and Germany . The film  remains free to watch on the Give Back Documentary Productions YouTube Channel  https://youtu.be/oi20sjqTlMw

Some of the Expert Contributors 

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Hermione Elliott

Prof . Bee Wee

Prof. Rob George 
Further Contributors 
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 Dr Christian Schulz- Quach
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Dr  Michele Aaron
Simon O'Donoghue
Liz Rothschild
Dr Shaheen Khan
Dr Matthew Allsop

The Team 

Director & DP -Jean-Francois Rodrigues

Producer -Adan Raja

Sound Engineer - Kieran Simpson

Assistant Director - Malachi Howe

Production - Peter Miller 

Senior Interviewer - Rev Bethany Green

Interviewer - Janice Tausig

Executive Producer - Louie Silkoff

Executive Producer - Dr Christian Schulz-Quach

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