Love, poetry, and death rarely share the same frame — but in “Come See Me in the Good Light,” they do, and the result looks luminous. Apple Original Films has unveiled the trailer and key art for Ryan White’s tender, unexpectedly funny documentary about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, a couple facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with defiance, humor, and a kind of radical optimism that feels almost cinematic in its own right.
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Premiering to acclaim at Sundance — where it won the Festival Favorite Award before sweeping audience honors at San Francisco, Hot Docs, and Seattle — the film has become one of the year’s most celebrated nonfiction stories. Apple is framing it as a meditation on mortality and the art of loving without flinching —a story about two artists who meet their end not with despair but with creation.
White, whose documentaries include “Good Night Oppy,” “Assassins,” and “The Keepers,” which balanced empathy with emotional precision, directs and produces alongside Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen. The film features an original song performed by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile, written with Gibson — a collaboration that captures the film’s emotional alchemy of music, poetry, and courage.
The film’s extensive producing team includes Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Lauren Haber, Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen, Colin King Miller, Catherine Carlile, Brandi Carlile, Susan Yeagley, Kevin Nealon, Galia Gichon, Sara Bareilles, Amanda Doyle, Christi Offutt, Soraida Bedoya, Melony Lewis, and Adam Lewis.
The trailer moves with the rhythm of a love poem — laughter in hospital rooms, poetry readings under soft light, and fleeting moments that blur grief into grace. “Through laughter and unwavering love,” the synopsis reads, “they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience.”
With “Come See Me in the Good Light,” White seems to extend his fascination with human endurance into something more intimate — not a story about overcoming, but about staying open. The film appears to be one of Apple’s most soulful releases to date: part love story, part elegy, and part manifesto on the transformative power of art.
“Come See Me in the Good Light” will soon be available to stream on Apple TV+.
