“The Isaiah House Project” is a raw, intimate look at what dying looks like at a nonprofit hospice in Rochester, New York. Servicing the marginalized community, a team of volunteers provide dignity, self-worth, and love to everyone they welcome.

"What do you want your dying to look like?" Hospice nurse Kristin Kildea asks one of the residents in this film. We all will die someday, yet when faced with imminent dying, how does our perspective change? How does our body change? How does our consciousness change? Some may say dying is laced with fear, pain, grief, or tragedy, but two things can be true. Dying can be dark and yet full of light. The magic that happens inside this two-bedroom hospice is extraordinary. Volunteers deliver love, compassion, and healing to every soul who enters, regardless of their background or lot in life. Isaiah House serves the marginalized community. Most residents are mentally ill or homeless or struggle with addiction. Rae, Rhonda, Patrick, and Carl bravely share their stories, their struggles, their pain, as Kristin Kildea meets them where they are and offers fierce compassion. The hope is that it jostles a little something inside everyone who watches, moving them towards presence and encouraging them to love themselves and others a little deeper.—Laura Scarpati