“And when I die let me be buried in a Hemlock coffin...”
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7m 30s
Directed by Sarah Ema Friedland • Documentary • 2021 • 8 minutes
A Hemlock forest in Western Massachusetts that is dying due to the Woolly Adelgid beetle infestation tells a larger story about climate collapse and the interconnections between the natural and the built environments.
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