Join us for a death and dying film screening and discussion series using films to foster open, compassionate community dialogue around end-of-life planning, death, dying, post-death care, and bereavement. This community-centered program seeks to help break cultural taboos and ease the fear of the unknown by bringing people together to share perspectives. Hosted by Cape Cod Community Death Education, with discussion facilitated by Heather Massey, Kyle Banks, and others of the facilitation team. This is an in-person event.
The October film selection is A Family Undertaking, a provocative documentary that explores the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding an important and growing new trend: the home funeral movement.
It profiles ordinary families who choose to forego typical mortuary funeral services and instead prepare their loved one at home for burial or cremation. They are learning and experimenting with ways to make the death of a beloved family member or friend more personal and meaningful. In several cases, the dying persons themselves are participating in planning their own funerals.realities of reclaiming end-of-life care and challenging the conventional, commercialized funeral industry.