This panel discussion is inspired by Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, a two-part film written and directed by Helen Whitney (who will be in attendance) that explores new territory as it continues—and deepens—the essential questions and conversations about our shared human destiny.

Information and registration for panel discussion (3-4pm).

Information and tickets for film screening (4:30-6:30pm).

Panel speakers will include:

Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell is the co-founder of The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, where he and his partner Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, serve as guiding teachers. The NY Zen Center offers meditation and dharma talks, along with accredited training programs for nurses and social workers in end-of-life grief, bereavement and spiritual support.

Mike West, an American pioneer in stem cell and cellular aging research, is the founder and CEO of AgeX Therapeutics, a startup in the field of experimental gerontology. West’s stated “mission”is to work on the problem of aging and disease, and to extend human longevity with biomedical interventions.

Pastor Vernal Harris and Mrs. Narseary Harris of the Prince of Peace Temple in Buffalo, New York, leaders of the black hospice community.

This panel will be moderated by Amy Cunningham, long-time Green-Wood death educator and leader in the death positivity movement.

Location: This program takes place in Green-Wood’s Modern Chapel, located near the Main Entrance at 15th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Please join Director/Producer Helen Whitney for an in-person screening of Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, Part 2.

A live Q&A with the director follows the screening.

Tickets and information

Join Director Helen Whitney in Napa, California for a screening and talk-back hosted by Napa Valley Unitarian Universalist and OmaiGrace. Tickets can be reserved here.

Into the Night comes to St. George, Utah for a special screening of the film at Dixie State University. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved in advance and then paid for at the door. For More information available here.

On November 7, join the Tanner Humanities Center and INTO THE NIGHT director Helen Whitney for a free screening of the film at the Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City. More information is available here.

Into the Night is happy to come to the Speed Art Museum on Sunday, November 4. Join us in Louisville, Kentucky for a screening of the film followed by a Q&A. More information here.

Into the Night is pleased to come to the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture on Wednesday, October 17. The screening is followed by a talkback with director Helen Whitney.

Ticket LINK.

Into the Night is now available for Hulu subscribers to watch online.

Streaming LINK.

SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP EVENT with KQED in San Francisco March 13th, 7pm PT!

Director Helen Whitney will be interviewed live by Michael Krasny, host of the KQED Forum following a sneak preview screening of the film (7pm PT).

Michael Krasny will interview Helen Whitney live on Wednesday March 13th, 10am.