Documentary Feature Competition presented by ACE91

Pay Or Die

Mar 13, 2023

3:00pm – 4:30pm CT

Check out the Conference Session with Pay or Die's Filmmaker Scott Alexander Ruderman, film subject Nicole Smith-Holt, and Mayo Clinic Research Physician Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar:
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/events/PP1143542

Today, nearly 2 million Americans are being held for ransom. Without insulin, they’ll be dead in days. "Pay or Die" follows 3 families on the receiving end of these ransom notes, revealing the harrowing reality of life with chronic illness in the richest country in the world. From a mother-and-daughter struggling to rebuild their lives after losing their home when they had to spend their rent money on insulin, to a young adult diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic, to a Minnesota family thrust into the national spotlight when their 26-year-old son dies from rationing his insulin, "Pay or Die" lays bare the human cost of America’s insulin affordability crisis.

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Directors
photo of Rachael Dyer
photo of Scott Alexander Ruderman

Credits

Directors:

Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman

Executive Producer:

Sarah Silverman, Amy Zvi, Russell Long, Douglas Choi, Martina Bassenger, Marci Wiseman, Dawn Bonder, Sarah Lucas, Zak Kilberg, Trish Adlesic, Lauran Bromley

Producer:

Rachael Dyer, Scott Alexander Ruderman, Yael Melamede

Cinematographer:

Scott Alexander Ruderman

Editor:

Will Rogers, Toby Shimin

Sound Designer:

Tom Efinger, Abigail Savage, Jeff Seelye

Music:

T. Griffin

Additional Credits:

Social Impact Strategist: Caitlin Boyle, Social Impact Producer: Red Owl Partners , Development Producer : Alex Swerdloff

Contact

Public Film Contact:

Scott Alexander Ruderman
www.payordiefilm.com
outreach.podfilm@gmail.com

Publicity Contact:

Madison Tobin
PayorDie@42west.net
973-738-9744

Sales Agent:

Travis Tamerro - United Talent Agency

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Secondary Access
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2023
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Runtime:
90 mins