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Dying and Dinner Parties

by ThinPlace Pictures

"Hope is a Thief." Kathleen has been preparing for her own death for over ten years when she first volunteered for hospice care. And quite uniquely, she is also a hospice volunteer. Even with a terminal illness she continues on with a buddhist-like sensibility- seeing her end as just another thing that happens - just like her dinner parties. Since the shooting of this film, Kathleen has passed away. This is one segment from the documentary film Lessons for the Living www.lessonsforthelivingfilm.com Contribute your own hospice story at www.lessonsforthelivingstories.com DIRECTOR Lily Henderson CINEMATOGRAPHER Ed David (www.kittyguerrilla.com) ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY Alex Mallis (http://www.analectfilms.com) PRODUCER Leslie Koren / Shani Hashaviah (http://www.fantasiafilmsproductions.com) PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Elisabeth Holm WORKSHOPPED BY the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective www.brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com

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The Morgue

by ThinPlace Pictures

“I TOOK HIS BODY UP TO THE MORGUE MYSELF.” Moving through his high school hallways, Mark recounts the first time he entered the hospice unit at age 18 - “You have to leave yourself at the door...you become an empty vessel.” He meets a terminally ill man with a broken voice who will tell him things about life no text book could ever write. This is one segment from the documentary film Lessons for the Living www.lessonsforthelivingfilm.com Contribute your own hospice story at www.lessonsforthelivingstories.com DIRECTOR Lily Henderson CINEMATOGRAPHER Ed David (www.kittyguerrilla.com) ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY Alex Mallis (http://www.analectfilms.com) PRODUCER Leslie Koren / Shani Hashaviah (http://www.fantasiafilmsproductions.com) MUSIC Rich Bologna http://richbologna.com PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Elisabeth Holm WORKSHOPPED BY the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective www.brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com

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Singing to the Dead

by ThinPlace Pictures

“ I END UP LIVING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T LIVING. ” Being there for a patient’s final last breath is something every volunteer trains for but rarely experiences. So Kristin was caught off guard when her patient died right in front of her. For a moment she is alone - still holding on to her own breath as if she, too, could die right there. Unaware of the patient’s passing, a chorus suddenly comes in and starts singing. This is one segment from the documentary film Lessons for the Living www.lessonsforthelivingfilm.com Contribute your own hospice story at www.lessonsforthelivingstories.com DIRECTOR Lily Henderson CINEMATOGRAPHER Ed David (www.kittyguerrilla.com) ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY Alex Mallis (http://www.analectfilms.com) PRODUCER Leslie Koren / Shani Hashaviah (http://www.fantasiafilmsproductions.com) MUSIC Rich Bologna http://richbologna.com PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Elisabeth Holm WORKSHOPPED BY the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective www.brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com

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The Hour that Passes

by ThinPlace Pictures

“SOMETHING HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE THAT IS TRANSCENDENT.” Chairs are scattered all along the gracious lawn outside the hospice unit - haphazardly left from the conversations once had. Leon tells us about his own conversations had with the dying - many of whom have alzheimers. Inside, we meet Trudi, a hospice patient, who engages with Leon over a game of cards as if it were just another day. Trudi may forget. But Leon will remember this day forever. This is one segment from the documentary film Lessons for the Living www.lessonsforthelivingfilm.com Contribute your own hospice story at www.lessonsforthelivingstories.com DIRECTOR Lily Henderson CINEMATOGRAPHER Ed David (www.kittyguerrilla.com) ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY Alex Mallis (http://www.analectfilms.com) PRODUCER Leslie Koren / Shani Hashaviah (http://www.fantasiafilmsproductions.com) MUSIC Rich Bologna http://richbologna.com PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Elisabeth Holm WORKSHOPPED BY the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective www.brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com