In the Realm of Death & Dreaming - Screening and Q&A
Schedule
Sat Sep 21 2024 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm
Location
Dalhousie Arts Centre | Halifax, NS
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FREE EVENT!Tickets are free, but require registration.
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WHEN:
Doors open at 5pm.
Screening starts at 5:30pm.
WHERE:
Performance Room 406 at the Dalhousie Arts Center, 6101 University Avenue
We are pleased to offer a FREE screening of the first chapter in the When You Die documentary trilogy in partnership with the Grief Gatherings Festival. Following the screening there will be a Q&A and discussion with Director Johanna Lunn.
In the Realm of Death & Dreaming: Does Consciousness Continue After Death, or is it lights out?
Director Johanna Lunn guides viewers on a journey to discover if consciousness continues after death by exploring personal stories of near- death experiences, deathbed visions, and more. She speaks with leading clinicians and researchers who have spent their careers studying these experiences and the nature of consciousness. Their stories are revealed with humor and compassion.
Exploring what happens after death not only helps us decide how we want to be cared for at the end of life, but it reduces our fear of death and that, as is often said, helps us live more fully.
Experts featured in the documentary:
Anthony Bossis, PhD, Elly Claire Hart, PhD, Dean Radin, PhD, Penny Sartori, PhD, Peter Fenwick, MD, David Maginley, M.Div., Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, Sue Brayne, MA, Andrew Holecek, DDS, Jill Schock, MTh
The When You Die Project:
The last conversation you want to have shouldn’t be the last one you do have. The When You Die Project is here to facilitate a cultural dialogue most often avoided — one that begins at the end. From existential afterlife questions such as “What happens when you die?” to palliative care, and the nuts-and-bolts of preparing for end of life. If it has to do with death, we’re talking about it.
Check out www.WhenYouDie.org for podcasts, resources, social media pages, and our award winning documentaries In the Realm of Death & Dreaming is Chapter 1 of a documentary trilogy about death and dying. Chapter 2: Saying Goodbye: Preparing for Death can be found on our website, and Chapter 3: Architecture of Death: The Inner World of Dying will be available Winter 2024.
Who Is Johanna Lunn?
An award-winning producer and director, with more than 35 years of film and television experience, Johanna is using her lifelong curiosity about the death and dying process to bring documentaries about, "What happens when we die," to life.
“At a young age I witnessed a number of significant deaths that completely cracked my world apart. Because it was taboo to talk about death at the time, I felt terribly isolated. Looking back on those experiences, and with the wisdom of having done much research on dying, I have learned that death, like birth, is one of the most extraordinary events in life, and it is critical that we learn to talk about it."
By talking about death and exploring what happens, Johanna hopes to make the topic less fearful and more normalized, one film at a time. Johanna lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband Steve.
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Where is it happening?
Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 1W8, Canada,Halifax, Nova ScotiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: