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Great Turnout at Zen & the Art of Dying Screening in Nevada City, CA

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Looks like there was an awesome turnout at The Open Book in Grass City, CA for a screening of Zen & the Art of Dying yesterday afternoon. Thanks to Akhila Murphy and Full Circle Living & Dying Collective for organizing the event!

The film’s central subject Zenith Virago of Australia’s Natural Death Care Centre – Australia will be coming to Nevada City, CA to conduct a Deathwalker Training Sept 28-30 & a Funeral Master class Oct. 1, 2017. Full details here. 

Let’s all #DoDeathDifferently!

August 13th screening Zen & the Art of Dying at The Open Book in Grass Valley, CA

Thanks to Akhila Murphy and Full Circle Living & Dying Collective for organizing the event!

Zen & the Art of Dying at Full Circle Living and Dying Collective

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Hey Northern California! The Full Circle Living & Dying Collective in Grass Valley, CA will be screening the film on Sunday August 13th!

Film Screening: Zen & the Art of Dying
Sunday August 13, 2017 4pm-6pm
Location: The Open Book
671 Maltman St. Grass Valley, CA
Suggested donation:$5-$10

Full screening details here.

The film will be followed by discussion and information about central subject Zenith Virago’s upcoming three-day Deathwalker Training coming to Nevada City Sept 28-30 & Oct. 1, 2017!

Let’s #DoDeathDifferently!

Zen & the Art of Dying Returns to Santa Fe August 28, 2017

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After a fantastic reception at the 2015 Santa Fe Film Festival, Zen & the Art of Dying will screen again in Santa Fe on August 28, 2017 at the Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living, as part of their Mystic Monday Screening Series. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with local end-of-life coach, author, and health care advocate Denys Cope, who can offer practical suggestions on how attendees can #DoDeathDifferently in Santa Fe! Listen to director Broderick Fox and Denys Cope interviewed on KSFR Santa Fe’s Living Juicy in 2016.

Full screening details and tickets accessible here.

Zen and the Art of Dying  
Monday, August 28th, 2017 @ 6:30pm
505 Camino De Los Marquez, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Zen & the Art of Dying and Zenith Virago at the National Home Funeral Alliance Conference

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Hey Maryland! Thrilled that Zen & the Art of Dying will be screened at the National Home Funeral Alliance Conference on September 23, with central subject Zenith Virago in attendance. Full conference details and registration here: http://homefuneralalliance.org/…/…/2017-conference-schedule/

ABOUT NHFA

The NHFA empowers families to care for their own dead by providing educational opportunities and connections to resources that promote environmentally sound and culturally nurturing death practices. This is the place to find information about home funerals, including directories for where to find home funeral guides, home funeral education programs, home-funeral-friendly funeral directors, celebrants and clergy, and groups who will help families when needed. Their goal is to educate the public to their choices and provide clear information.

The 6th Biennial NHFA Conference will be held at the Pearlstone Center in Maryland from September 22-24, 2017, just an hour south of Washington, DC.

Zenith VIrago at New York Open Center

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Hey New Yorkers! Zenith Virago, the central subject of Zen & the Art of Dying wil be conducting a three-day deathwalker training and screening at New York Open Center Sept. 15-17, 2017. Full details here: https://www.opencenter.org/intimacy-of-death

The New York Open Center offers holistically-based educational programs to create positive transformation in individuals and the world.

Zen & the Art of Dying Interview on The Paradigm Shift

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Zen & the Art of Dying's central subject Zenith Virago and associate producer Debra Beattie

Zen & the Art of Dying’s central subject Zenith Virago and associate producer Debra Beattie

Thanks to Ian Curr for this great interview with Zen & the Art of Dying’s central subject Zenith Virago and associate producer Debra Beattie on his Brisbane 4zzz FM 102.1 radio show The Paradigm Shift! Listen here.

 

Zen & the Art of Dying Benefit Screening for Tweed Palliative Support & Wedgetail Retreat

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Here are some great photos from the Sept. 16th, 2016 benefit screening of Zen & the Art of Dying in support of Tweed Palliative Support & Wedgetail Retreat in Australia. A great community organization helping to #DoDeathDifferently! Thanks to Murwillumbah Regent Cinema for hosting.

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Tauranga Death Cafe Sponsors Sold-Out Screening of Zen & the Art of Dying

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Carole Spice and Grace McGregor

Thanks again to Carole Spice and Grace McGregor of Tauranga Death Cafe for arranging the sold-out Tauranga, New Zealand screening of Zen & the Art of Dying at Rialto Tauranga Cinemas on October 2. More about Tauranga Death Cafe and the International Death Cafe Movement can be found in this great SunLive article on the screening’s organization.

Below are some of the Facebook responses from screening attendees.

Let’s all #DoDeathDifferently!

Tauranga Death Cafe Screening Responses

Broderick Fox and Zenith Virago Interviewed on Greg King’s Movies at Dusk

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Greg King's Film Reviews

Thanks to Greg King for conducting two separate feature interviews with Zen & the Art of Dying director Broderick Fox and central subject Zenith Virago on his radio program Movies at Dusk 94.1 FM 3WBC Melbourne. Check out Zenith’s interview here and Broderick’s interview here.

 

Zenith Virago Interviewed in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

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Zenith Virago interviewed in Tricycle

Thanks to Marie Scarles for this great interview with Zenith Virago in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Zen & the Art of Dying is out in theaters now in AU and NZ and we’re gearing up for the global digital release October 8th! Read the full article here.