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“I have seldom seen a film

that captures so sensitively,

and with such honesty and

hope , the death of someone

so loved and loving.”

Johnathan Stedall,

Internationally known BBC film maker, producing documentaries of the lives of Ghandi, Carl Jung, and many more.

Nurturing Love and Reverence for Nature with Our Children

“Children who have experienced wonder and reverence in childhood have a basis for the gifts of spirituality, universality, and love of the earth and its people as adults...Imaginative and practical ways to nurture thankfulness in children for our blessed Mother Earth.”

Courageous Parenting, Changing Our Familes, Changing THe World

“From the Whole Parent Whole Family Conference Workshop.”

Honoring The Spiritual Feminine

“From the Whole Parent Whole Family Conference Workshop.”

The Most Excellent

Dying of Theodore

Jack Heckelman

Winner of two

prestigious awards,

Telly and Accolade

a top-tier, international awards competition.Awards go to those filmmakers and videographers who produce standout entertainment, and compelling documentaries.

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Nancy Jewel Poer has been bringing threshold workshops on home death and caring for loved ones after death to communities for over 25 years. In the next six months she will be bringing the film with her for these conferences. Her book, Living Into Dying, Spiritual and Practical Deathcare for Family and Community, is a classic on the subject.

If you are interested in a workshop for your community, contact her through the website, nancyjewelpoer.com or 530-622-9302

"A Family Undertaking"

NANCY is a part of a PBS- POV documentary titled, "A Family Undertaking"
produced by Five Spot Film.

"This documentary opens a window onto a compelling new trend in America's treatment of death: the home funeral.

Prior to the 20th century, caring for the dead in our country fell to family and friends. The rise of the more institutional, 'sanitized' funeral has over time served to alienate Americans from one of the most basic facts of life.

Home funeral advocates believe that close contact with the body, even for children, has been shown to help with the grieving process.

Filmed across the country, A FAMILY UNDERTAKING intimately follows several diverse families as they forego a typical mortuary funeral and care for their loved ones at home. The camera also ventures behind closed doors into the world of the American funeral industry, to shed light on some of the tricks on the trade."

This doumentary has been broadcast on PBS several times in the last few years.

The video of this documentary is available at Fanlight Productions.

Nancy's Beloved Brother, Jack

Nancy's brother, Jack, died at home on April 24,2005. Jack and his wife Linda are featured in this month's (September 2005) Utne Reader in an article on conscious dying. Jack faced his death with courage and had the hope of helping many people through his looking at the transition as the "greatest adventure of his life". He worked closely with Nancy in the last weeks and months and she hopes to write more on his passing and how it affected so many people. He talked frankly about how he wanted the funeral, Nancy's daughter, Mary, made his casket, and he wanted the after death vigil at home. Speaking with Nancy on the phone just hours before he passed (he had brain and lung cancer) he reported that it was all going "Just fine!" He further said the casket which he got that morning, was "wonderful" His last words to her, "tell everyone love,love,love!" Further information can be found on the website of his wife, Linda@lindabergh.com