The Last Call Movie Screening for 2023 and 2024 were great successes. 2025 Movie Screening is on the horizon!
Join us for a double header for the 2025 Movie Screening. Two screening and a thoughtful discussion for the prices of one. Chapter 1, ‘In the Realm of Death and Dreaming’ and Chapter 2 ‘Saying Goodbye: Preparing for Death’. This event aims to facilitate open conversations about end-of-life matters and provide valuable insights into the process of saying goodbye.
We are very excited to have Julie Strassman lead the discussion after the screening of the film. Julie Strassman is a Spiritual Counselor and Bereavement Specialist with Bethesda Hospice Care. She received her Doctorate of Ministry in 2022 and wrote her doctoral dissertation on providing spiritual care to the bereaved in response to sensory experiences of continued presence (i.e. seeing, hearing, or sensing the presence of deceased loved ones). Julie has presented at numerous regional and statewide conferences and is passionate about helping hospice professionals and loved ones provide meaningful end of life care.
To be with dying, to witness it, with a consciousness and a compassion that centers you so that
– Chapter 2, Rev. David Maginley
you’re not knocked over by the sadness of it, but you see it as part of the love. And you see the
body as a shell, the shell of a spiritual being having a mortal experience. When you do that,
suddenly you’re actually more alive than you ever were before. Life is better, food is better,
chocolate is better, coffee is astonishing. Everything is amplified even as if becomes more
fragile. You don’t need to wait for a cancer diagnosis to bring that awareness. You just need to
show up. Be conscious.
All proceeds will go towards supporting Last Call: An End of Life Festival. Thank you for your support!