Description
Tuesday, October 1
6:30pm ET
$15 | In Person
Watch “The Last Ecstatic Days” followed by a discussion and Q&A with Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and director Scott Kirschenbaum
Tibet House invites you to a preview screening on Tuesday, October 1 of the forthcoming documentary “The Last Ecstatic Days,” followed by a conversation with Robert Thurman and Scott Kirschenbaum.
Synopsis
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.
Post-screening discussion with Robert Thurman and Kirschenbaum
