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Memento Mori

Name: Memento Mori
Duration: 1 h 29 min

Niobe Thompson

2016 | 1 h 29 min

Synopsis
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With remarkable access to Canada’s busiest organ-transplant hospital, this documentary brings viewers face-to-face with stories of life and death, and the impossible decisions that tragedy demands. From the very beginning to the final frame, filmmaker Niobe Thompson grips viewers in a relentless, emotional embrace and propels them from moments of unexpected joy to unbearable heartbreak.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/memento_mori/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/memento_mori/" target="_blank"><em>Memento Mori</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/niobe-thompson/" title="more films by Niobe Thompson" target="_blank"><span>Niobe Thompson</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>

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Credits

director

Niobe Thompson
executive producer

Rosie Dransfeld

David Christensen
producer

Rosie Dransfeld

Bonnie Thompson
director of photography

aAron Munson

Sergio Olivares
editor

Scott Parker
writer

Niobe Thompson
composer

Jonathan Kawchuk
assistant editor

Esther Viragh
additional camera work

Daron Donahue

Tamarra Canu
production manager

Sandra Tober
production coordinator

Esther Viragh
production assistant

Tamarra Canu

Dylan Rhys Howard

Myles Belland
location sound recording

Philip Dransfeld

Carey Opper
audio post production

Johnny Blerot Sound Inc.
sound design

John Blerot
sound mix

John Blerot
additional sound design

Jonathan Kawchuk
sound editor

John Blerot

Perry Blackman

Iain Pattison

Jordan Ivey

Chris Szott
musician

Christine Hanson

Keri Zwicker

Jennifer McMillan

Neda Yamach

Rafael Hoekman

Dianne New

Andrew Reid

Clayton Leung

Josh Rapanos
colour grading

Joe Owens
online masters

Joe Owens
graphics

Scott Portingale
production accountant

Richard Warburton
production bookkeeper

Hui Min
production solicitor

Norman Bishop
visual research

Gina Cali
production stills

Tamarra Canu
marketing manager

Melissa Wheeler
post-production co-ordinator

Ginette D'Silva

Jasmine Pullukatt

Faye Yoneda
production supervisor

Mark Power

Esther Viragh
centre administrator

Bree Beach
centre operations manager

Darin Clausen
executive director

Michelle van Beusekom

Jennifer Dettman
director of production

Alexandra Lane
director of finance

Julie Lawlor
production executive

Bruce Cowley

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