Death and Dying | Promo
Season 1
Episode 8
About the Episode
An uplifting meditation on death and dying with stories that prepares us for the journey. An embalmer in Toledo, Ohio prepares a deceased person with the precision and attention of an artist; a teenage hospice volunteer shares advice from his patients; a dying Brooklyn woman prepares for her final journey with dignity, grace and a dinner party; and observations from an urban Memphis philosopher.
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