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Surviving Death

Explores questions that have been contemplated throughout time: What does it mean to die, and is death the end of our existence? Weaving together innovative new research with firsthand accounts from those who’ve been close to death.

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So it makes me think about life
differently. - Surviving Death

So it makes me think about life differently.

It's not uncommon
for people to feel - Surviving Death

It's not uncommon for people to feel

[Jim] When
we can do these tests, - Surviving Death

[Jim] When we can do these tests,

I was in the hospital
for more than a month. - Surviving Death

I was in the hospital for more than a month.

Although it was very hard for me
physically and emotionally, - Surviving Death

Although it was very hard for me physically and emotionally,

I had... several
operations. - Surviving Death

I had... several operations.

The problem is human beings are incredibly
sophisticated at meaning making. - Surviving Death

The problem is human beings are incredibly sophisticated at ...

Then many, many months of rehab
before I could walk again. - Surviving Death

Then many, many months of rehab before I could walk again.

We can discern pattern
in complete randomness. - Surviving Death

We can discern pattern in complete randomness.

So it is absolutely very likely
that, on occasion, people are mistaken. - Surviving Death

So it is absolutely very likely that, on occasion, people ar...

And statistically, I
had zero likelihood - Surviving Death

And statistically, I had zero likelihood

They see things as signs
or portents of things, - Surviving Death

They see things as signs or portents of things,

We always encourage the parents
to be open and listen to the child, - Surviving Death

We always encourage the parents to be open and listen to the...

But I never actually
had any brain damage. - Surviving Death

But I never actually had any brain damage.

[cicadas chirping] - Surviving Death

[cicadas chirping]

[laughing] My kids might say
something differently, but... - Surviving Death

[laughing] My kids might say something differently, but...

And then when I had
my own experiences, - Surviving Death

And then when I had my own experiences,

[Leslie] I
thought the séance was wonderful. - Surviving Death

[Leslie] I thought the séance was wonderful.

Sometimes, after visits like this,
it'll, kind of, stir stuff up. - Surviving Death

Sometimes, after visits like this, it'll, kind of, stir...

So if Atlas starts talking more
and giving other details, - Surviving Death

So if Atlas starts talking more and giving other details,

As a physician,
I'm not really in a crowd of people - Surviving Death

As a physician, I'm not really in a crowd of people

During my first reading
with Laura Lynne Jackson, - Surviving Death

During my first reading with Laura Lynne Jackson,

The most impressive was… - Surviving Death

The most impressive was…

People in science often think you can't
possibly believe in anything supernatural. - Surviving Death

People in science often think you can't possibly believ...

It happened to be
my birthday that day, - Surviving Death

It happened to be my birthday that day,

Not only was
he five out of five, - Surviving Death

Not only was he five out of five,

My brother, all of a sudden, said,
"Happy birthday," - Surviving Death

My brother, all of a sudden, said, "Happy birthday,&quo...

[Sonja] My
father died three months ago. - Surviving Death

[Sonja] My father died three months ago.

When I went off
to medical school, - Surviving Death

When I went off to medical school,

As far as the
concern that… - Surviving Death

As far as the concern that…

But my near-death experience, - Surviving Death

But my near-death experience,

And then, about two weeks later, I spent
an evening really tuning into my brother - Surviving Death

And then, about two weeks later, I spent an evening really t...

Uh, but in addition… - Surviving Death

Uh, but in addition…

[Aman] Through
mediumship, my life changed completely. - Surviving Death

[Aman] Through mediumship, my life changed completely.

And... and she could not have created
that behavior in him, - Surviving Death

And... and she could not have created that behavior in him,

{\an8}Right outside my window,
in the tree branches, - Surviving Death

{\an8}Right outside my window, in the tree branches,

[somber music playing] - Surviving Death

[somber music playing]

I recognize that this
is an unusual career path for me. - Surviving Death

I recognize that this is an unusual career path for me.

It felt like a response
to what I asked for. - Surviving Death

It felt like a response to what I asked for.

[man] A near death experience,
sometimes called an NDE, - Surviving Death

[man] A near death experience, sometimes called an NDE,

And when I was growing up, I certainly
had no belief in reincarnation. - Surviving Death

And when I was growing up, I certainly had no belief in rein...

It was sort of this
expansive experience - Surviving Death

It was sort of this expansive experience

[footsteps] - Surviving Death

But this question
of what happens to us after we die - Surviving Death

But this question of what happens to us after we die

{\an8}Probably between ten and 20% of people
whose hearts actually stop - Surviving Death

{\an8}Probably between ten and 20% of people whose hearts ac...

But it also felt like a connection
to something bigger than that. - Surviving Death

But it also felt like a connection to something bigger than ...

[wind gusting] - Surviving Death

Here at the Division
of Perceptual Studies, - Surviving Death

Here at the Division of Perceptual Studies,

The Division of Perceptual Studies,
which we call DOPS for short, - Surviving Death

The Division of Perceptual Studies, which we call DOPS for s...

[beeping] - Surviving Death

Here at DOPS, we are
looking at phenomena - Surviving Death

Here at DOPS, we are looking at phenomena

[man 2] The general mainstream,
materialist view of reality - Surviving Death

[man 2] The general mainstream, materialist view of reality

But I never encountered it
in a way where it was an imperative, - Surviving Death

But I never encountered it in a way where it was an imperati...

So when the physical brain stops working,
then the consciousness ends. - Surviving Death

So when the physical brain stops working, then the conscious...

Most people in our field, in psychiatry,
or medicine in general, - Surviving Death

Most people in our field, in psychiatry, or medicine in gene...

So the idea that there might be - Surviving Death

So the idea that there might be

There are others
that find it to be a waste of time, - Surviving Death

There are others that find it to be a waste of time,

But then my son Gabriel passed, - Surviving Death

But then my son Gabriel passed,

{\an8}But the question of what happens
after we die - Surviving Death

{\an8}But the question of what happens after we die

This work can seem… odd, - Surviving Death

This work can seem… odd,

The week after Gabriel graduated
from college, he went to the bank. - Surviving Death

The week after Gabriel graduated from college, he went to th...

{\an8}On the way there, a school bus
veered into the side of his car and… - Surviving Death

{\an8}On the way there, a school bus veered into the side of...

[Bruce] We've been doing this research
for almost 50 years now. - Surviving Death

[Bruce] We've been doing this research for almost 50 ye...

And, with every case, - Surviving Death

And, with every case,

{\an8}We study mediums, - Surviving Death

{\an8}We study mediums,

We've studied deathbed visions
that happen to people as they die. - Surviving Death

We've studied deathbed visions that happen to people as...

{\an8}DOPS was founded in 1967
by Ian Stevenson. - Surviving Death

{\an8}DOPS was founded in 1967 by Ian Stevenson.

{\an8}What's your name? - Surviving Death

{\an8}What's your name?

He's there, he's not there.
How does that make any sense? - Surviving Death

He's there, he's not there. How does that make any...

These molds were made
from materializations - Surviving Death

These molds were made from materializations

We've studied reincarnation - Surviving Death

We've studied reincarnation

{\an8}He had an interest
in parapsychology - Surviving Death

{\an8}He had an interest in parapsychology

But then, here's my son.
You know, here's Gabriel, so… - Surviving Death

But then, here's my son. You know, here's Gabriel,...

- [film ticking]
- [wind whistling] - Surviving Death

- [film ticking] - [wind whistling]

[Ian] The assumption is that when
your brain dies, your mind perishes also. - Surviving Death

[Ian] The assumption is that when your brain dies, your mind...

For me, the belief in the afterlife
was kind of an abstraction. - Surviving Death

For me, the belief in the afterlife was kind of an abstracti...

That is so deeply believed
that scientists fail to understand - Surviving Death

That is so deeply believed that scientists fail to understan...

I didn't have a context
where I could make sense of it. - Surviving Death

I didn't have a context where I could make sense of it.

[somber music playing] - Surviving Death

[somber music playing]

And, uh…
there's no reason… - Surviving Death

And, uh… there's no reason…

Pretty soon after his passing,
Jan went to a medium. - Surviving Death

Pretty soon after his passing, Jan went to a medium.

The medium said to Janet
that Gabriel would leave us dimes. - Surviving Death

The medium said to Janet that Gabriel would leave us dimes.

[Jim] Stevenson found
that parents in different countries - Surviving Death

[Jim] Stevenson found that parents in different countries

So I said… - Surviving Death

He described time expanding
as he went faster and faster. - Surviving Death

He described time expanding as he went faster and faster.

The person's implanted
this unconscious concept, - Surviving Death

The person's implanted this unconscious concept,

[Ian] We do hear quite often
from the parents of Western children - Surviving Death

[Ian] We do hear quite often from the parents of Western chi...

And he was so struck
by this experience - Surviving Death

And he was so struck by this experience

[seagulls cawing] - Surviving Death

[seagulls cawing]

We were in the water, - Surviving Death

We were in the water,

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Explores questions that have been contemplated throughout time: What does it mean to die, and is death the end of our existence? Weaving together innovative new research with firsthand accounts from those who’ve been close to death.

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Genre: documentary, reality-tv

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 6.2

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Released: 06 Jan 2021

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