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Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

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Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

Season 25 Episode 10 | 55m 23s | CC

Following a cancer diagnosis, Sister Úna—a mischievous, rule-breaking Catholic nun dedicated to social justice—chooses to live as she’s dying. In this touching end-of-life documentary, the self-proclaimed “leader of the misfits” plans her funeral in her last nine months to live.

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