The film, In The Parlor: The Final Goodbye, is a critical look at the American relationship with death and an inquiry into the home death care movement. It takes viewers on a journey where very few have gone and challenges us to reflect on this uncomfortable subject which is so often hidden away and ignored. 

The event is being sponsored by the Central Kansas Death Care Collective (CKDCC) a collective of practitioners and caring individuals interested in the field of dying and death care. Our goal is to empower individuals and their families by promoting a holistic and community-centered approach to end-of-life and after-death care. We connect people to resources and information, provide educational opportunities and programs, assist with planning and information about alternative choices available, provide referrals to service providers, and respond as needs arise in the community. 

The CKDCC members on the discussion panel following the screening will be Sarah Crews, founding director of Heart Land Prairie Cemetery and podcast host of A Path Home, and Carol Rubino, Life Coach and Death Doula with LifeSpire Wellness.