A powerful film chronicles one man’s last days within a loving community for all to witness.

A powerful film chronicles one man’s last days within a loving community for all to witness. 
Monterey County Now, Seaside, CA; by Pam Marino; 5/1/25 
Facing certain death from a brain tumor, Ethan “E3” Sisser adopted a mantra. “I am embodied. I am empowered. I am ecstatic,” the 36-year-old would tell himself, in order to ward off oncoming seizures, carry himself through pain or recite for his many followers on social media. “E3” became his nickname. We see Sisser, looking into the camera, recite the mantra early in the documentary, The Last Ecstatic Days, released in 2024. We also meet his hospice and palliative care physician, Aditi Sethi, who leaves her position to become his death doula and friend. She fulfills his wishes for a peaceful death surrounded by a caring community, filmed for others to learn from. Director Scott Kirschenbaum – who made one of the definitive documentaries about birth, These Are My Hours – spent the last two weeks of Sisser’s life near his side with a camera, capturing each moment.