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Beginning with the End. A Beautiful Film about High School Seniors Volunteering for Hospice Work. Beginning with the End was warmly received at its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. This small film offers a lens into a world that many of us don't want to think about. It focuses in on an unusual High School elective class in which seniors at a high school in Rochester, New York, spend a year volunteering as helpers in a local hospice programs. It is a wonderful an innovative program that should be duplicated, because it offered these young people a unique opportunity to think about the lives ahead of them and how they can make their lives truly worthwhile. Their caring teacher acts as their guide through these treacherous emotional waters. The students grow and develop their senses of empathy and humanity. The film is beautifully made and the personalities of the student care-givers, their co-workers and hospice residents are brought to life with a deeply human touch. The filmmakers should be commended for finding and exploring this complicated topic with kindness and love. I hope that many people have a chance to view this lovely little film on the meaning of life and death.