Dying For A Living

A sensitive, contrasting portrait of Shaun Morris, a 57 year old cheeky, extroverted undertaker living hand-to-mouth in Southampton. Surviving on a zero hours contract, the opportunity of a permanent job appears which could change his life dramatically.

This story is a sensitive, touching portrait about Shaun, a self-deprecating, witty undertaker who is struggling to earn enough money for basic human needs, rent, food and clothes, but who attains self-fulfillment via his noble profession of undertaking. As we follow him on his pursuit of a full-time contract with his firm, we listen to Shaun's reflections on his life and the choices he has made. The two accomplishments he is most proud of is doing his job well and producing a well rounded 21 year old daughter, studying child psychology. Shaun survived a double heart attack and burst ulcer at the age of 49 and we learn what's like to be so close to death and so close to the deceased. Through his story we understand our innate survival methods, our need for acceptance and validation from others and that maybe talking about our own death isn't so bad after all.

Dying For A Living trailer

Dying For a Living has been shown all over the world including Sorrento Italy, Kalmthout in Belgium, Karlsruhe Germany, Basingstoke in England with director's Q&A, Bucharest Romania and Toronto & Chicago in the USA.

Here is an interview I did earlier this year for the Feedback Female Film Festival in Toronto

Audience Feedback from March 2018 Female Film Festival, Toronto

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