The Last Ecstatic Days
A Virtual Film Screening & Conversation
7:00 - 9:00 pm ET | Friday, September 13, 2024
Facilitated by Jan Booth from The Art of Dying Institute and Rev. Antonia Stout
Price: $10.00 USD per person
One Spirit Learning Alliance & The Art of Dying Institute present The Last Ecstatic Days
Please join us for a special virtual screening of The Last Ecstatic Days documentary film, followed by a facilitated conversation with Jan Booth from The Art of Dying Institute and Rev. Antonia Stout.
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.
About the Facilitators
Jan Booth, MA, RN, NC-BC, has worked as a nurse for over 37 years within the intersection of quality of life and end of life, and she is deeply curious about what creates and sustains wellbeing throughout the human experience. Her work trajectory has taken her from years at the bedside of hospice and palliative care patients to supporting the wellbeing of caregivers, and now into the larger community to further open our cultural conversation about end of life. Her current work is primarily as an end-of-life nurse, coach, and educator. She serves as faculty for the Integrative Nurse Coach Academy, the Conscious Dying Collective, and the Art of Dying Institute’s Integrative Thanatology certificate program; and presents a wide variety of workshops on the transformative possibilities of end-of-life care. Additionally, Jan is the author of Re-Imagining the End-of-Life: Self-Development & Reflective Practices for Nurse Coaches, and one of the co-authors of Bold Spirit Caring for the Dying.
Rev. Antonia Armstrong Stout is a wearer of many hats. As a graduate of One Spirit Interfaith/Interspiritual Seminary School she regularly holds ceremony. She also went through the Thanatology program and is a Death Doula/Midwife working with Sacred Crossings funeral home. She is the mother of 2 young ones and this is where her ministry gets the best workout.
Where do I access this event?
This is a virtual event. You will receive information in your ticket about how to join online.
Here’s the Run of Event:
Before 7:00 pm: Guests log-in on Kinema to join the screening. The link will be provided upon registration. Welcome!
7:00 pm: The Last Ecstatic Days screening on Kinema platform begins. The film’s running time is 1 hour and 13 minutes
8:15 pm: Facilitated conversation begins on Zoom: link to the post-screening conversation here.
9:00 pm: Event concludes