Film captures three generations of women grappling with voluntary assisted dying decision

It’s not often you’re asked by a loved one to film their journey towards death but that’s a conversation Cathy Henkel had with her late mother Laura Henkel.

“I was very resistant,” Cathy told the ABC.

A veteran filmmaker of 30 years, Cathy is no stranger to working on deeply emotive works.

But the proposition to document the last days of her mother’s life was something she wasn’t prepared for.

It also shocked Cathy’s daughter, Sam Lara, who is also a filmmaker and joined her mother on the project.

The day Sam was told, she went home, got her camera out and recorded a video diary.

“I say in the video diary, ‘I don’t even know why I’m recording this,'” Sam said.

“There…