Synopsis
Surviving Death (2021), Season 1 is a Netflix documentary you can watch online on iFILM — six episodes circling one question: does consciousness outlast the body that carries it?
The season opens with a doctor found lifeless after going over a waterfall, and her account of a near-death experience sets the terms of the conversation. Two episodes then turn to mediums — séances, plaster casts said to be the hands of spirits, researchers trying to pin down what really happens in the room. After that come the signs the grieving read into birds and flickering lights, eerie recordings made at a historic site, and finally a child psychiatrist with a file of small children who recall lives that were not their own. Adapted from Leslie Kean's book, it hands the floor to witnesses and skeptics in equal measure.
This isn't horror or a debunking special. It's a quiet look at people who've lost someone and are reaching for any thread of contact. Stream Surviving Death Season 1 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S1·E1Near-Death Experiences
A doctor is found lifeless after going over a waterfall. Now she and others share their near-death experiences. Does consciousness expand after death?
S1·E2Mediums (1)
Poised between life and death, mediums promise a chance to commune with the departed. Can seekers cultivate that ability and find solace and healing?
S1·E3Mediums (2)
A medium leads a séance, deeply moving a student. Plaster casts of "spirit" hands — physical manifestations of the dead — are explored.
S1·E4Signs from the Dead
A bird, a dancing light or a caress: Signs and messages from the dead happen all the time, mediums say. So the grieving look for ways to communicate.
S1·E5Seeing Dead People
Can consciousness survive a body's demise? An investigator records eerie sounds at a historic spot, and a doctor discusses encounters with the dying.
S1·E6Reincarnation
Vivid details and unshakable confidence — from a 5-year-old. A child psychiatrist studies cases of past-life memories, which occur around the world.
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