The Last Ecstatic Days @ the Playhouse

A cinematic journey about a young man with brain cancer in search of community and the hospice doctor who gives up everything to honour his dying wish.

Ethan Sisser, a young man with terminal brain cancer, sits alone in his hospital room. When he starts livestreaming his death journey on social media, thousands of people around the world join to celebrate his courage. Still, Ethan envisions more – to teach the world how to die without fear. To do that, he needs to film his death.

Honouring Ethan’s wish, his doctor Aditi Sethi transports him to an idyllic house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. What unfolds next is a story rarely glimpsed: how a community of strangers helps a young man die with grace.

A sensory immersion into leaving the body, “The Last Ecstatic Days” reveals a man who will not let us forget him – even after he has taken his final breath.

This movie screening is a collaboration between the Progressive Cinema and the Highlands End of the Project. Beverages and snacks available on the night.