Death is inevitable, suffering may be optional
It’s time to re-think how we die
Death Differently is a cinematic education documentary series highlighting alternative approaches to death, dying, and grief. Each character-driven episode focuses on an individual topic - Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), wind telephones, alternative death advocates, music thanatology, green burial, and many others.
The first season of Death Differently will be released summer 2024, accompanied by an online educational platform that will provide additional end-of-life and grief support resources. A film featuring Lynda Bluestein’s journey accessing Medical Aid in Dying in Vermont as an out of state resident is coming late 2024.
The pilot episode of Death Differently follows death positivity advocate Shatzi Weisberger as she - and her community - navigate the end of her life.
episodes
Season One of Death Differently features five 20-minute episodes and a feature-length film detailing unique approaches to death, dying, and grief. The season will be released in 2024.
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Upcoming Feature FilmLynda Bluestein sued the state of Vermont for out-of-state residents to have access to Medical Aid in Dying and won. We followed her family for ten months as they navigated fulfilling her legacy through the end of her life.
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EpisodeBen Wasserman tours the country performing stand up comedy focused on grief and loss at funeral homes. Join Ben as he navigates the grief of audience members - and his own.
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EpisodeTraditional burial and cremation are taxing on the environment - Amy Cunningham is a New York City-based funeral director providing green burials.
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Season 2 EpisodeAn emerging field.
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EpisodeThe pilot episode of Death Differently follows death positivity advocate Shatzi Weisberger as she - and her community - navigate the end of her life.
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EpisodeCatharine DeLong helps people die. By playing the harp and singing, she sits bedside making the dying’s transition easier through the practice of music thanatology.
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EpisodeThere is an old telephone booth located on the side of a sleepy road outside of Nashville, TN that provides a home for grief.
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Season 2 EpisodeHelping people die and families cope with the difficulties of loss.
THE CREATORS OF DEATH DIFFERENTLY
HEATHER HOGAN
Co-Creator, Co-Director
Heather Hogan is a certified death doula and sought-after educator living in Brooklyn, New York. Heather also works as a life and death coach, a meditation teacher, and is certified in Integrative Thanatology.
AMY BROWN
Producer
Amy Brown is a producer at Redins and a former brand content producer at The Ellen DeGeneres Show, who has challenged her own fears about death and dying as she continues to help bring this series to life (pun intended.)
CARTER OAKLEY
Co-Creator, Co-Director
Carter Oakley is a multi-media filmmaker and runs the production company Redins. Carter’s work has predominately focused on terminal illness and end of life. Carter has a journalism degree from Syracuse University.
E2AC
501(c)(3) Partner
Entertainment 2 Affect Change is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects award-winning content creators, mission-based organizations, and passionate funders who want to share their impact through the power of story.