The movie titled "Liberty: 3 Stories About Life & Death" follows the lives and stories of three close friends whose appetite for life and struggles with illness and death are recorded in three separate parts. While the film exposes the sadness and tragedy that is associated with life-threatening disease and its consequences, it is also a beautiful story that explores deep connections in a close circle of lesbian friends who, despite the adversities, celebrate family, love, and life.
The first part of the film, titled "Death to Life," tells a story of 66-year-old Joyce Fulton whose terminal two-year battle with brain cancer is documented in portrayed as moving backward in time. The part begins with Joyce laying on her death bed as she is surrounded by her lesbian ‘family' members who all gathered to celebrate her life and be there for her in her death. As the scenes progress, we can observe Joyce's journey through her illness going backward over the course of two years almost to the moment that she became aware of her diagnosis. In a way, we observe Joyce transforming from her demise back to her happy and healthy days all through to her retirement party four …show more content…
Although the movie illustrates the grim reality of how a disease can overcome even the strongest and most confident human beings, it is also a beautiful illustration of how love, support, and sense of belonging can turn almost any experience into a beautiful and uplifting journey. By familiarizing the viewer with the women before and during their battle with illness, and by showing their friend's appetite for life despite the tremendous losses she experienced, the film becomes a beautiful lesson of how it is important to enjoy life's every moment and to fill one's life with love and meaningful relationships. We learn that although death is inevitable, it is the journey we take before it that makes life worth
The first part of the film, titled "Death to Life," tells a story of 66-year-old Joyce Fulton whose terminal two-year battle with brain cancer is documented in portrayed as moving backward in time. The part begins with Joyce laying on her death bed as she is surrounded by her lesbian ‘family' members who all gathered to celebrate her life and be there for her in her death. As the scenes progress, we can observe Joyce's journey through her illness going backward over the course of two years almost to the moment that she became aware of her diagnosis. In a way, we observe Joyce transforming from her demise back to her happy and healthy days all through to her retirement party four …show more content…
Although the movie illustrates the grim reality of how a disease can overcome even the strongest and most confident human beings, it is also a beautiful illustration of how love, support, and sense of belonging can turn almost any experience into a beautiful and uplifting journey. By familiarizing the viewer with the women before and during their battle with illness, and by showing their friend's appetite for life despite the tremendous losses she experienced, the film becomes a beautiful lesson of how it is important to enjoy life's every moment and to fill one's life with love and meaningful relationships. We learn that although death is inevitable, it is the journey we take before it that makes life worth