The Last Ecstatic Days

Streaming video - 2024

Ethan Sisser, a young man with terminal brain cancer, sits alone in his hospital room. When he starts livestreaming his death journey on social media, thousands of people around the world join to celebrate his courage. Still, Ethan envisions more – to teach the world how to die without fear. To do that, he needs to film his death. Honoring Ethan's wish, his doctor Aditi Sethi transports him to an idyllic house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. What unfolds next is a story rarely glimpsed: how a community of strangers helps a young man die with grace. A sensory immersion into leaving the body, THE LAST ECSTATIC DAYS reveals a man who will not let us forget him – even after he’s taken his final breath. The f...ilm won the Iris Impact award at the Iris Global Health Film Festival.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : GR Consulting 2024.
2025.
Language
English
Other Authors
Scott Kirschenbaum (film director)
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).