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“The Last Ecstatic Days” is a film about a young man with brain cancer in search of community, and the hospice doctor who gives up everything to honor his dying wish.
UPCOMING
Screening Dates
February 23rd 6pm-9:30pm — Story Parlor — 227 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC — Link
— Screening + curated conversation with Courtney Smith, director of operations at the Center for Conscious Living and Dying.
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March 27th 6pm — Mars Hill University — Ferguson Health Sciences Center — Room 30 — Link
— Screening + Discussion with Professors & Movie Director Scott Kirschenbaum
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May 6th 6pm — Cal State Monterey Bay — 5260 Sixth Ave, Seaside CA — Link
— Screening + Discussion with Professor Alyssa, Movie Director Scott Kirschenbaum & Dr Aditi Sethi
Ethan Sisser, a young man afflicted with brain cancer, sits alone in his hospital room. When he begins live-streaming his death journey on social media, thousands of people around the world join him and celebrate his courage. Still, Ethan envisions more – to teach the world how to die without fear. To honor his final wish of filming his death, his doctor, Aditi Sethi, transports him to a quiet house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. What unfolds next is a story that's rarely glimpsed: how a community of strangers helps an unhoused man die on his own terms.
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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.
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Inspired by her experience caring for Ethan,
Aditi founded the Center for Conscious Living and Dying.
The impact campaign for The Last Ecstatic Days will spread awareness of CCLD’s model to launch a community deathcare movement around the world. Check out the film’s impact campaign, subscribe to their newsletter for upcoming screenings, and follow the film on social media!
Hannah Fowler, Director of Education & Producer of The Last Ecstatic Days
