
"Those who gathered to watch portions of the film...were as rapt as though they’d been watching a documentary about Woodstock."
– Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle,
KQED sneak preview screening

"A miraculous and courageous film that is so true, and so deep that it should be required viewing for all mortal beings."
– Irvin D. Yalom,
existential psychiatrist and
author of Staring at the Sun

"Whitney’s ability to wrestle with our most immense uncertainties is astonishing. This is a transformative film for the ages."
– Andrew Solomon,
author Far From the Tree

"By letting those facing and affected by death speak their own stories, Whitney gives new lyrical insight to this often taboo topic."
– The Austin Chronicle

"Whitney's film is one of the first major documents of the Death Positive movement."
--Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
THOSE WHO
HAVE COME
CLOSE TO DEATH
ARE FOREVER
CHANGED
