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Live and Let Go

An American Death

Project Directors: Jay Niver and Jay Spain

Website: liveandletgo.com

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Sam Niver was 76 and had terminal cancer. A proud, fiercely independent man, he wanted control in death as well as in life. He could die in a hospital, as his wife did recently, or he could choose to die at home, hopefully on his own terms. Live and Let Go presents death — the universal fact of life — with unflinching candor, telling one man's compelling story about the choice he makes... a choice that everyone must ultimately face.

Live and Let Go has screened in many festivals and won Best Documentary at the Asheville Film Festival.