The Life We Leave

An entrepreneur starts a business for terramation - human composting - in a bid to disrupt the funeral industry. As his business grows, he is joined by two amazing funeral directors who help him infuse humanity and care into the grieving process. A beautifully shot film…

William Lindus

One of the most beautiful docs I’ve ever seen. Sobbed my way through the entire thing, and also completely changed my death plan. Everyone! Needs! To! See! This!

reillyanspaugh

A must watch at SXSW. My death plans have completely changed

Haley Nicole Johnson

A heartfelt return to the Earth. The Life We Leave is a really evocative documentary about creating a truly green alternative for death care. It follows Return Home, a green funeral home, that pioneered terramation (human composting) in place of traditional methods such as…

Raggle Fraggle

I cried the whole time. Then for the credits they decided to play Change by Big Thief. They want me to cry forever. THEN 5 people from the documentary came up for a Q+A when I was only expecting the director. They spoke about their experience with grieving family…

audreyar

A very interesting and innovative story that showcases a new form of death care. I found this to be very moving and heartwarming and interested to see if the state I live in will/has legalized human composting. The idea that I could look outside in my garden and see a tree…

Movieswdan

started crying and then didn't stop

Greta

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen. I hope everyone gets the chance to see this so we can talk about and change the backwards way we deal with death and grief in this country. I said goodbye to my dad in a hospital bed and picked him up in a box. I wish we’d had…

Gillian Cooper

This documentary is so beautifully done, I cried through the entire thing and it gave me a lot to think about. I want to return home and I want everyone in my life to do the same

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