Echoes of the End

This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a film crew.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Allan King

Cast

Phyllis Bobbitt, Joyce Bone, Norman Collins

At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. The film opens on Claire's birthday, she's 89; Max, a tiny cheerful man, is her close friend. Rachel is lonesome, missing her son, complaining he rarely visits. Ida relies on memory for her solace. He...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Allan King

In this thought-provoking film, director Paul Perry uses recent research into near-death experiences to answer the question that's plagued humans since the beginning of time: Is there life after death? Through interviews with near-death researchers and accounts from those who've returned from the abyss -- along with case studies, event...

Runtime

1h

Director

Paul Perry

Cast

Jeff Long, Raymond Moody

A big hearted community celebrates life by fronting up to death. Set against the stunning backdrop of the industrial seaside town of Port Kembla, a feisty and resilient community group have determined to take back the responsibility that most of us leave to someone else — to care for their own dead. Scattered throughout are stories tha...

Runtime

1h 13m

Director

Lynette Wallworth

Groundbreaking psychiatrist and author Elisabeth Kübler-Ross dedicated her career to working with the incurably ill. In this intimate documentary filmed near the end of her life, Kübler-Ross relates her life story, from childhood to her final years. Friends, family members and colleagues weigh in with insightful observations and share ...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Stefan Haupt

Cast

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Erika Faust-Kübler, Eva Bacher-Kübler