Rage Against the Darkness

Directed by

John Kastner

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How it feels

This documentary follows elderly sisters Bunny and Leona as they enter long term care but are placed in separate institutions. It explores how their relationship changes under these circumstances.

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What happens

Rage Against the Darkness is a Canadian documentary film, directed by John Kastner and released in 2003. The film profiles Bunny and Leona, two elderly sisters whose relationship changes radically when they must enter long-term care, but by circumstance are placed in two separate institutions instead of together. The film was inspired in part by Kastner's mother Rose, who was deeply afraid of having to enter a nursing home before her death in 1983. It was originally commissioned by CBC Television as an episode of the documentary series Witness, although the network found the film so strong that it was instead turned into a standalone short run documentary series. The episode centred on Bunny and Leona screened theatrically, while the television-only episodes profiled the experiences of Gert Stevenson, Phillip Rowley and Helen Beck as they also either lived in or desperately tried to avoid the elder care system. The film premiered at the 2003 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the television version was broadcast by CBC Television from September 15 to 19, 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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