Night and day: Stories about life-threatening illness
Six short films from Rosetta Life about living with life-threatening illness in Birmingham.
Telling my story
When you are living with a life-threatening illness life may feel meaningless. Self-esteem slips and you are no longer the centre of things. Discovering your personal story, recalling where you came from, or revisiting special places may restore a feeling of wellbeing and give you a sense of control.
Behind net curtains
More and more of us are choosing to live at home with life-threatening illness – including your neighbour, though you may not know it. Meet Sally and Eve, for whom keeping in touch with the world is the key.
Don’t dwell
It’s hard not to dwell on the bad hand you’ve been dealt when living with terminal illness. John plays with his planes, becomes a boy again, and gives us his inspiring philosophy.
All in it together
Life-threatening illness doesn’t effect just the person diagnosed. It touches all our relationships deeply, particularly those we are closest to, who are likely to have become our carers.
The hereafter
What happens after you die? Some believe in the traditional heaven. Others are not so sure. People facing death reflect.
The blame game
It’s hard not to seek blame when you’re diagnosed with a terminal illness. John worked at Longbridge all his life and thinks the appalling conditions had something to do with his cancer. A Rosetta Life film.
Life is a game
Watch Taja’s fantastic rap. Wheelchair football is liberating for football-loving boys and young men with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy and other disabling conditions. And it brings a whole new level of meaning to the beautiful game. Accompanied by musicians from the CBSO and a choir from Joseph Leckie Community College in Walsall that features Taja’s amazing rap, Bradley tells it how it is. A Rosetta Life Acorns Hospice collaboration.
These films were made as part of Let’s Talk About Living, a campaign by Rosetta Live that aims to get Birmingham talking about how we are living with serious illnesses and how we can work together as a community to lessen the isolation and anxiety felt by those facing death.
Contact Rosetta Live to find out more about the Let’s Talk About Living campaign. Rosetta Live is running workshops with people in hospices, nursing homes and hospitals to find out what is important to people who are living with dying.
