Nicholas Bruckman follows ALS-struck activist Ady Barkan on what could be his final political campaign.
A stirring tale of activism shaped by personal suffering, Nicholas Bruckman s
Not Going Quietly follows a health care-advocacy campaign whose leader, Ady Barkan, knew he might be spending his final days of life as he knew it for the cause. Known to many for videos in which the ALS patient put lawmakers on the spot asking them not to cut the benefits that could keep him alive Barkan proves a highly engaging man, impassioned but funnier than a terminally ill man should be. Intimate scenes with his young family are essential to the appeal of a film whose big issues remain as pressing now as they were during filming in 2018.