Here After
Sarah Ema Friedland
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1h 9m
Directed by Sarah Ema Friedland, Esy Casey • Documentary • With Lori Baker and the Baylor Forensic Anthropology Team, Jim Hustler + Neptune Memorial Reef, Jennifer Johnson + Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve • 2017 • 69 minutes
A coral reef made of cremated remains, a green burial wildlife preserve, and a mass grave of unidentified people along the southern border: this feature documentary looks at three cemeteries in the U.S. and the shifting ways our resting places define us. Lyrically observed, Here After is told through the wit and wisdom of cemetery workers who paint a poignant portrait of a country trying to understand its own mortality.
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