Often times documentaries are made in a slow pace and give information away too quickly. At the mere mention of the word documentary many people change the channel and fall into a pit of boredom. Eyes gloss over and documentaries fail to properly entertain an audience long enough to deliver any message. However this documentary How to Die in Oregon does a good job of making the slow pace enhance the story rather than hinder it. The documentary also more accurately depicts what physician assisted suicide is as well as what some of the pushback for legalizing looks like. Going through the lives of some key people in Oregon's Death with Dignity Act the documentary unfolds a story of personal freedom and legal rights.
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