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Why Me
19789 min 22 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Janet PerlmanDerek Lamb
Production: Derek LambJanet Perlman
Everyone ponders how he or she will face the knowledge of certain and imminent death. This animated film shows the reactions of one individual whose doctor has just told him that he has only a short time to live. In a terse and sometimes humorous dialogue with his doctor, Nesbitt Spoon runs the gamut of emotions commonly experienced by people trying to deal with this devastating situation.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Life and Death
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
Credits
- director
- Janet Perlman
- Derek Lamb
- voice
- Marshall Efron
- Richard Gilbert
- sound editor
- Jackie Newell
- post-sync effects
- Ken Page
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- research
- Les Drew
- studio administrator
- Diane Bergeron
- producer
- Derek Lamb
- Janet Perlman
Awards
- First Prize and Certificate for Outstanding Achievement - Category: Film EssayGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- Special Jury AwardInternational Animation Festival
- First Prize - Category: Instructional FilmsAmerican Occupational Therapy Association Film Awards
- Certificate of Merit - Category: Mental Health - General audienceInternational Rehabilitation Film Festival
- Second Prize - Category: Mental Health - General audienceInternational Rehabilitation Film Festival
- Silver Cindy Award - Category: 3EItinerant - International CINDY Competition
- Third Prize - Category: AnimationInternational Film Festival
- Chris Bronze Plaque - Category: Education International Film and Video Festival
- Judges Choice AwardHumboldt International Film Festival
- Second Prize - Category: Films between 5 and 15 minutesWorld Festival of Animated Film
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Mental HealthItinerant - American Film and Video Festival