The Life We Leave
An ambitious entrepreneur and two funeral directors pioneer a groundbreaking eco-friendly deathcare facility in Washington state, challenging traditional burial practices and transforming end-of-life rituals.
Director JJ Gerber scheduled to attend.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
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Micah Truman has been at the forefront of shaping the market for legal human composting in Washington State. Formerly a businessman outside of the death industry, he brings on funeral directors Katey Houston and Brie Smith to workshop the humanity that is revealed when death is raw. The team paves the way in revolutionizing the future of death care by renouncing outdated funeral practices and returning to human roots of community care during the transition at the end of life. Truman creates a facility to naturalize the process, where bodies can be broken down into soil. The merger of business pitches and financial feasibility cracks open the basis of loss and grief in an extractive world to facilitate delicate and empathetic care. JJ Gerber's directorial debut accesses the transformative power of the evolving death industry at its most human.
—Aly Shwedo
- Director: JJ Gerber
- Principal Cast: Micah Truman, Katey Houston, Brie Smith
- Country: USA
- Year: 2026
- Running Time: 87 min.
- Producer: Clementine Briand, Ann Rogers, Melanie Miller
- Cinematographers: Kyle Seago
- Editors: Sandy Jeglum, Giordano Bonora Groome
- Music: William Ryan Fritch
- Website: Official Film Website
- Filmography: Debut Feature Film
- Language: English
- International Sales: Cinephil