October 1, 2026

Dear colleagues, friends, and family,

The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World will premiere on WETA Metro channel on Saturday, October 17th and repeat on Sunday, October 18th. The film is also available to stream for free starting TODAY, October 1st on the PBS App and WETA+.

Streaming Debut: Streaming exclusively on the PBS App and WETA+ October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2028.

Network Broadcast:

• Saturday, 10/17 at 8pm (EST)
• Sunday, 10/18 at 1pm (EST)

We're excited to partner with WETA and bring you multiple ways to experience this story of grief, healing, and joy.

The film has now traveled well beyond its Washington roots, earning selections at major film festivals across the United States, including the AFI Latin American Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Central American Voices Film Festival (LA), Chicago Latino Film Festival, FilmFest DC, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Film Festival, Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Seattle Latino Film Festival, and Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas, where the film received the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary.

Internationally, the film will have its Canadian debut at the aluCine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto this October. The film has also entered a new phase of educational and institutional distribution through Pragda Latin Cinema.  

Host a watch party to celebrate the WETA Network Premiere with us! We will be raffling a goodie bag with film merch! 

To enter the raffle - just send a selfie with the film playing in the background to lasmuertesfilm1980@gmail.com or on Instagram. Look out for more details on our IG @lasmuertes_film.