Netflix Unveils First Original Short Doc

BEVERLY HILLS: The original verité-style short documentary Extremis is set for a global debut on Netflix in September.

Directed by Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Dan Krauss, Extremis explores the decisions that doctors, families and patients face in urgent end-of-life cases. Extremis is debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday and will also run at the San Francisco International Film Festival. It marks Netflix’s first original short documentary.

“I strive to explore weighty ethical and moral questions through my films,” said Krauss. “Doctors today can sustain life in ways once thought impossible, ushering in new and extremely complex questions about what it means for critically ill people to be kept alive. I hope audiences will take courage from the incredible dignity and compassion that the film’s subjects displayed amidst the most challenging circumstances.”