In 2007, a group of passionate hospice volunteers, using the medium of a documentary film, embarked on an effort to change the way people thought about end-of-life care.
Led by Cecile Fehsenfeld and Rich MacKeigan of the Hospice of Michigan Foundation Board, the group hired a filmmaker named Matt Burnell. The result is Except for Six, an extraordinary window into the lives of three hospice patients and their families.
Skillfully edited by Derek Swanson of Mad River Post, the film captures the poignancy of the end-of-life experience and dignity of these unique individuals.
“This is a heartfelt and important film
that takes a subject most of us would rather ignore and humanizes it.
From the dedicated doctors and caregivers
to the heroic patients, this is the moving story of what will happen to all of us.”
Ken Burns
Academy Award-winning filmmaker
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