The Life We Leave
What if our final act could help new life grow? When Washington became the first state to legalize human composting, entrepreneur Micah Truman set out to build the world’s first large-scale terramation facility, betting everything on a radical reimagining of what happens after death. But transforming bodies into soil is only part of the story. As resistance from the conventional funeral industry mounts, Truman joins forces with funeral directors Brie Smith and Katey Houston, whose compassion and expertise reveal that the future of death care is not just about innovation, but about human connection. Director J.J. Gerber’s deeply moving documentary follows their journey as they navigate grief, skepticism, and profound questions about how we honor those we love. What begins as an ambitious startup story evolves into something far more powerful: a thoughtful, often surprising exploration of loss, ritual, and the ways we remain connected long after death. Compassionate, illuminating, and unexpectedly uplifting, <i>The Life We Leave</i> invites us to reconsider not only how we die, but what we leave behind.DocumentaryPT1H27M2026-10-17USenKatey Houston
Brie Smith
Micah Truman
J.J. Gerber
J.J. Gerber
Melanie Miller
Clementine Briand
Ann Rogers
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