Tomris Laffly A tireless advocate for progressive social justice causes, attorney Ady Barkan got diagnosed with terminal ALS in 2016.
It was only a matter of time that the regular motor functions and vocal abilities of the energetic Santa Barbara resident — an adoring husband to his wife Rachael and the brand-new father of baby Carl — would begin to deteriorate.
The 32-year-old Barkan obviously knew that he was dying, with only a handful of years left to live based on his doctors’ estimations.
But in Nicholas Bruckman’s compassionate “Not Going Quietly,” a clearsighted and traditionally inspirational documentary portrait of Barkan’s rise to prominence in the healthcare debate, Barkan rightfully indicates that dealing with insurance then.
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