“As American society looks to find new ways to approach end-of-life issues, Maire’s journey and all the Keith has envisioned could become a national dialogue that celebrations life, a genuine sense of community and death. Marie’s passion, matched with Keith’s relentless commitment, makes for something that could be transformative.”
“In the midst of this young woman’s struggle against a terminal diagnosis, she takes an interest in Keith’s documentary work relating to the Holocaust and receives significant reinforcement in her determination to “survive.” While the story of her life has the inevitable ending, the “journey” Maire is about to embark upon is nothing short of astounding and uplifting.”
“Maire’s Journey powerfully communicates that there is another, enlightened way. Through this 23 year old’s passage, we witness Maire coming to terms with her mortality, how she wants her life and death to teach others, and, how families, even the most fractured, can come to a place of healing. Maire positively changes everyone she touches—her doctor, the filmmaker, her family, and all of us as she so generously shares her journey with us. Once you see this documentary, you will be forever changed.”
“The power of "Marie's journey" is that through Marie we come to realize that embedded within each of us is likely a very powerful legacy. If your willing "to" risk sharing it with those we love, we may be able to turn it into a eternal legacy.”
“As Maire’s journey in life makes us look at the importance of living, her journey after-life will show us the beauty of humanity around the world.”
“I, as a physician, felt the power of Maire's Journey help me "reconnect" with my human spirit to survive and value the most important gift of all, the gift of life. Thank you Maire'sand thank you Keith Famie for bringing her story to our hearts and minds.”
“In Maire’s Journey you will find a story of such depth and triumph that you will never look at death and dying the same. In Maire, we find a vibrant young woman who is tragically afflicted with an incurable cancer of the heart. Remarkably, instead of waiting for death to take her life, she chose to live her life to the fullest possible measure in the months, days, hours and seconds that she had left. Thru Maire’s courage, and the remarkable lens of award winning film producer Keith Famie, we are given the chance to experience Marie’s last year of life and then final journey to the sea. It is a story of friendship, hardship, courage, and triumph. Maire’s Journey changed the way I look at my patients, and how I look at myself.”
Maire’s synchronistic meeting with Emmy award-winning documentarian Keith Famie changed both of their lives forever. Her willingness to have Keith film her last year of life as she fought and eventually succumbed to heart cancer is a gift to those of us fortunate to view “Maire’s Journey.” Maire was an ordinary woman with an extraordinary spirit who guides us through a passage which we will all undertake one day. I hope I do so as elegantly as she. The story is an inspiration!
The friendship joining Maire Kent and Keith Famie epitomizes all that is good and kind in the human spirit. This book and film will bring tears to your eyes and hope to your souls.Maire's Journey reflects the innate power in every person to touch and teach the world.
During a chance meeting while visiting his physician, noted documentarian Keith Famie encounters a woman with terminal heart cancer who allows him to share the last months of her life. For Famie, the relationship becomes not only a privilege, but a responsibility as he explores the notion that dying can be companionable with courage and grace. Beyond support and friendship, Famie makes a promise to extend and enlarge this young woman’s life after she is gone. Simply put, through their connection we see how the determination to honor her life by reaching out universally, honors life itself. Honest and unflinching, Famie gathers experts from scientists to spiritualists to illuminate the path of this extraordinary journey.
“Thank you, Maire Kent, for inviting us to join in on the story of your life; for teaching us that the end is an ultimate reality, not a negotiable step nor a formidable hurdle.Everybody wants to go to Heaven but we may only get there from here on Earth, where we all begin.”
Maire’s story is not one you will ever forget. Her journey is ultimately one we all take, and we can only hope we travel it with as much dignity and courage as she has. You cannot see this movie without wanting to help make her final wish come true
“Maire’s Journey and the storied life of this young woman allows all of us to reflect on the true meaning of support and a kind embrace. Maire’s support came late in her young life. It came at a time of despair. Maire fought her way to find kindness and a final wish. Both fulfilled by physicians who were once strangers and through an improbable friendship with the incredible Keith Famie. What Keith gave to Maire, she returned tenfold to him. And all of us.”
As powerful as any life journey ever told, this is the true story of a young lady fighting cancer with every strength in her body. It also expertly details the journey of so many others that Marie touched, from Director Keith Famie to the hundreds of people who helped build and sail a modern-day “Noah’s Ark.”
