Description: Documentary | "From Earth To Earth: The Lost Art of Dying in America"

Running time: 18:44

Production year: 2023

Rating: PG

Producers: Maxwell Schweik, Alyssa Beebe, Chess Cabrera, Mikayla Hall, Reed Freeman

Executive Producer: John D. Scott

Cast: Michelle Acciavatti (self), Michelle Menter (self), Patricia Ladley (self), Patrick Healy (self), Carl Anderson (self), Dr. David Penepent (self)

In America, end-of-life choices are treated as a one-size-fits-all product, whose rituals separate us from the realities of human mortality. This project follows those who work side by side with the dying and the dead, who offer an alternative path for returning our bodies to the embrace of the Earth.


Festival Awards:
Best Documentary: Shortform - 29th Annual Webby Awards
Documentary / Unscripted / Film & Shorts / Student / Under $25,000 (Silver) - 46th Annual Telly Awards
Best Cinematography - Berlin Short Film Awards
Best Environmental Documentary - Milan Indie Film Festival
Best Editing - Absurd Film Festival
Best Producer - Green Mountain International Film Festival
Environmental Excellence Award - Docs Without Borders International Film Festival
Environmental Excellence Award - Nature Without Borders International Film Festival