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Reviews
"...courageous end-of-life chronicle, which overflows with compassion and shows us how to live mindfully while embracing curiosity about what lies beyond."
ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX, Ph.D
Buddhist Teacher & Founder,
Unaya Zen Center
“This film blew me away. You just can't help but love Ethan the moment he opens his TikTok and invites you into his life. What was so powerful was that it's not the Dalai Lama or Ram Dass. When someone like Ethan opens up so deeply, I realize I can do that too. Ethan became a teacher for me. I hope everyone will see this extraordinary film."
GODFREY REGGIO
Acclaimed Director,Once Within A Time & The Qatsi Trilogy
“While Ethan's body is disappearing, his heart is growing stronger. He fills it full of love and lets us watch him die. This is the story not only to be told, but to be held, of an angel of light upon our planet.”
WILLIAM
LEONARD PICKARD
Author, The Rose of Paracelus
“As no other film, The Last Ecstatic Days addresses the frightening, wondrous and unspeakable: the transition of us all between divinities - our life and the mystery beyond. Among its revelations is that death is the greatest adventure. Dazzling, sacred, we enter the realm of infinite grace. It shows us a more noble way of dying, the gentle songs of friends, the touching, the honoring of those who have no voice. May the teachings of The Last Ecstatic Days allow us to be more civilized and loving, so no one dies alone and forgotten”
Executive Director, CINE FE
Grammy-Award Winning Musician
"To participate in such a raw and true instance of reckoning with mortality reminds us that this process can be beautiful, communal, and ceremonial."
“The Last Ecstatic Days is unlike anything I’ve seen. Gentle but raw, unsparing but filled with grace, the film bears witness to the final human experience and invites us to imagine what a more human, thoughtful, and holistic approach to death might be - and to lovingly imagine our own.”
News
TEDx Asheville: The Art of Dying Before You Die | Aditi Sethi, MD
The Boston Globe: GlobeDocs Film Festival Post-Film Discussion -
Director Scott Kirschenbaum interviewed by Kelly Horan, reporter for The Boston Globe
The End of Life Podcast: "The Last Ecstatic Days:" How to Die Without Fear with Aditi Sethi, MD
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation: México Centro - Awareness Tour through Mexico (Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, and Ajijic) - w/ Wilka Roig
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KSFR: A Matter of the Mind Podcast
Mark Perry talks with Scott Kirschenbaum, Director, Writer, and producer of multiple films including The Last Ecstatic Days.
Mountain Xpress: Around town: Documentary embraces death by Brionna Dallara
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Duncan Trussell Family Hour: Ethan Sisser. Ethan, subject of The Last Ecstatic Days, interviewed on the Duncan Trussell Family Hour
Article: "What a New Film Tells Us About Dealing With Death" by Smita Nair
Reimagine: The Last Ecstatic Days: A Conversation About Community Care feat. Aditi Sethi and Hannah Fowler.
You're Going to Die: The Podcast - Ned Buskirk in conversation with Dr. Aditi Sethi
Ram Dass Foundation: Living & Dying With Care With Aditi Sethi
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Aditi Sethi, MD, end of life doula from “The Last Ecstatic Days,” joins the Ram Dass Women’s Satsang to explore “letting go” and death in all its forms with awareness and presence!