What Time Is Left

Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 8:00p to 9:00p

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA

What Time Is Left by Dakin Henderson (2012, 64 min.). When you think about the end of life, which do you fear most: death itself, or debilitation? Burdening your family, or being alone? In What Time Is Left, filmmaker Dakin Henderson brings us into the emotional transformation of his extended family as his two grandmothers navigate their mid-80s. Grandma Polly is in an advanced stage of dementia. Grandma Deedee is sharp-witted and determined to die with dignity. As his grandmothers' children weigh… Show more the value and consequences of an incapacitated life, the filmmaker unexpectedly comes face-to-face with his own mortality.
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Remis Auditorium, 161
Admission $9MFA members, seniors, and students$11NonmembersTicket Purchase Required

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Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 267-9300

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A young man reflects on death in ‘What Time Is Left’

September 19, 2012 - Boston.com - By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Dakin Henderson is in his early 20s. Amiable and vigorous, he plays team Frisbee and cycles. Death is not something you’d expect him to dwell on, let alone inspire him to write, direct, and narrate a documentary (“What Time Is Left” is his first feature-length film). But two surprising circumstances put mortality much on his mind.

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