Director: Will Wernick

Cast: Mena Suvari, Michael Kelly, Dennis Haysbert, Kevin Pollak, Noel Gugliemi

Time of Death is a 2025 American documentary series directed by Will Wernick, following terminally ill patients and the caregivers who walk beside them through their final weeks — an intimate, unflinching portrait of dying that reframes end-of-life as an act of profound human courage.

What is Time of Death about?

The series places cameras inside the homes, hospice rooms, and hospital wards where people facing terminal diagnoses spend their last days. Each episode centers on a different individual — some older, some surprisingly young — and the constellation of family members, close friends, nurses, and hospice workers who orbit them. Rather than narrating death from a clinical distance, the filmmakers sit quietly in the room, letting conversation and silence carry equal weight. Viewers witness the practical and emotional labor of caregiving: medication schedules, difficult phone calls, moments of unexpected laughter, and the slow, tender rituals of saying goodbye. The series avoids sentimentality without sacrificing warmth, building an honest picture of mortality that feels both universal and deeply personal.

Cast & crew

Director Will Wernick brings a restrained, observational style to this project. The series features documentary subjects supported by a distinguished cast of narrators and on-screen presences including Mena Suvari, Michael Kelly, Dennis Haysbert, Kevin Pollak, Noel Gugliemi, Trevor Morgan, Kelen Coleman, and Cotter Smith, lending each episode a grounded, authoritative voice.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Time of Death resonates on layers that go beyond its American setting. Iranian culture holds deeply rooted traditions around illness, family duty, and communal mourning — the concept of khanevadeh as the irreplaceable support structure around a dying person mirrors exactly what this series documents. Many diaspora viewers have navigated the experience of losing relatives across oceans, unable to be physically present. This documentary creates a space to process those losses, or to prepare for inevitable ones. It is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing, making it accessible to family members of all generations who may be more comfortable watching in Persian.

Where & how to watch

Time of Death is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe once and cancel anytime.