Grade 10 Adult
Scene Selection Closed Captioned
A film by Marilyn Schlitz and Deepak Chopra
"Recommended. Approaches the millennia-old question, 'what happens after death?' from a variety of perspectives. When one understands both the process and event of death, it provides one a greater appreciation for and understanding of life. Each cultural, religious, and scientific perspective of death is given space to provide explanation for its description of what happens after death. Suggested for sociology, counseling, neuroscience, religion, and health care the facets of all these subjects that deal with the study and understanding of death."
- Educational Media Reviews Online
"Highly recommended. Deeply personal, yet universal in scope, Death Makes Life Possible is not just about how to die peacefully and gracefully; more importantly, it describes how to fully live."
-Dean Ornish, MD
"Skillfully and gently raises the curtain on what we think of as the last act in the our play of life. A landmark production, not to be missed."
-Light of Consciousness Magazine
"Stunning in terms of beauty, richness of detail, heart and wisdom. Brings tears and inspiration."
-Larry Dossey, MD
"A very welcome and very powerful new tool. We will be using it for years to come, not only to help relieve the suffering in some of our patients, but also, and sometimes much more importantly, with their families to ease their grief and distress before and after the death."
Dr. R. Gregory LaGoy, BS, ND, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Hospice Maui, Inc.
"A superb training opportunity for professionals who work with families facing death. Told through riveting personal narrative and scientific evidence, the film deepens our awareness of continuity of consciousness to reframe the entire journey."
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Clinical Psychology Program & Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University
World Premiere, Illuminate Film Festival
Fourth Annual Afterlife Conference
K-12 Schools, Public Libraries & Community Groups: $89
Colleges, Government, Businesses: $250
Colleges, Government, Businesses (with DSL): $550
Death is something that most people fear and dont want to think about. But is it possible that facing our mortality can inspire us to live our lives more fully?
Death Makes Life Possible follows cultural anthropologist and scientist Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., as she explores the mysteries of life and death from a variety of perspectives and world traditions. Sparked by her own near death experience as a teenager, Schlitz has been delving into the nature of consciousness and death for the past three decades.
The film looks at how popular culture deals with the ever-present fear many have about our own mortality. Interviews with mental health experts, cultural leaders, and scientists explore the meaning of death and how we can learn to live without fear. The interviews and evidence presented are interwoven with personal stories of people facing their own death as well as those who report encounters beyond death. The narrative is illustrated with vivid imagery.
Death Makes Life Possible features some of the leading scientists, anthropologists, philosophers, spiritual teachers and thinkers of our time including Yassir Chadley, Deepak Chopra, Mingtong Gu, Stuart Hameroff, Lauren Artress, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Dean Radin, Rupert Sheldrake, Rudy Tanzi, Luisah Teish, Dr. Jim Tucker and others (see list below).
Death Makes Life Possible offers a deep and thoughtful exploration into the ultimate question we all face.
FEATURED IN THE FILM
Lauren Artress, DMin, Episcopal minister Ed Bastian, PhD, Religious scholar
Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, New Thought minister, Agape Founder and Spiritual Director
Julie Beischel, PhD, Parapsychogist
Daryl Bem, PhD, Social psychologist, Cornell
Yassir Chadly, Sufi Imam and musician
Deepak Chopra, MD, Physican, writer, and spiritual teacher
Mingtong Gu, Qi Gong Master
Bruce Greyson, MD, Physican and expert on near death experiences
Stuart Hameroff, MD, Physician and quantum physicist
Rick Hanson, PhD, Clinical psychologist and author of Buddhas Brain
Edgar Mitchell, Ph.D. Apollo 14 Astronaut and founder, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dean Ornish, MD, Physician, author and head of Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Dean Radin, PhD, Psychologist and parapsychologist
Tony Redhouse, Navajo Hoop Dancer and hospice healer
Brenda Saunders, PhD, Molecular Biologist
Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, Biologist
Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Luisah Teish, storyteller and initiated elder (Iyanifa), Nigeria
Jim Tucker, MD, Child Psychiatrist
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, Nurse Educator