| Surviving Death | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Ricki Stern |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jonele Conceicao Ricki Stern Jesse Sweet Jessica Vale |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | January 6, 2021 |
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Surviving Death is a docu-series directed by Ricki Stern about near-death experiences and beliefs in life after death, and psychic mediumship. Its first season of six episodes was released on Netflix on 6 January 2021.[1][2] The series is based on the 2017 book Surviving Death by journalist and paranormal enthusiast Leslie Kean.[3][4][1]
While some reviewers described the show as providing a balanced treatment of a difficult topic, others have been highly critical, noting that the show takes a non-critical view of the scientific value of anecdotal subjective personal reports. The show has also been criticized for presenting pseudoscientific parapsychology as science and has been accused of exploiting the plight of fearful and grieving vulnerable people.[5][6]
- ^ a b Simonpillai, Radheyan (7 January 2021). "'Maybe death isn't the end': can a TV series prove the existence of an afterlife?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Frazer-Carroll, Micha (8 January 2021). "Surviving Death: How Netflix's new series speaks to my lockdown anxieties about dying". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Pappas, Stephanie (17 January 2021). "Can science 'prove' there's an afterlife? Netflix documentary says yes". Live Science. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
The documentary emphasizes "proof" of life after death, but it mixes the debunked, the unknown and the unprovable.
- ^ "Leslie Kean". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Schager, Nick (5 January 2021). "'Surviving Death': Netflix's New Series on the Afterlife Is Crackpot Nonsense". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Criticism of 'Surviving Death', the ridiculous and outrageous Netflix documentary series". Explica. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.