Phantom Limb

The death of Jay Rosenblatt's seven-year-old brother when he was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. His parents struggled to cope with the loss, and the entire family endured profound grief. *Phantom Limb* draws from this personal experience as its starting point. The film explores how loss—whether through death or divorce—follows similar stages of grieving, including denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and eventually some form of acceptance. The documentary is loosely structured around these emotional phases. Throughout the poetic film, interviews are interspersed with those of a cemetery owner, a phantom limb patient, and an author who wrote a book about evidence for life after death. *Phantom Limb* reminds viewers that while grief is painful and isolating, it also serves as a reminder of life's impermanence. - Jay Rosenblatt