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Films
4 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Death”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
4
x
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
2
South Asia
1
Country
Australia
1
Nepal
1
United Kingdom
2
Keywords
Death
4
x
Elderly people
1
Environment
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Inter-religious relations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
2
Directors
Gruber, Martin
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Wright, Evie
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
4
x
Year of production
2003
1
2004
2
2009
1
Film list
Beneath the Budding Greenwoods
2004
25
‘
Directed by
Evie Wright
.
Anne and Rosemary both chose to bury their husbands in the woods, whereas Tony was certain he didn’t want a vicar at his wife’s funeral. Focusing on the experiences of three grieving widows, the film
British-Irish Isles
Environment
Ritual
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Cultivating Death
2003
23
‘
Directed by
Martin Gruber
.
Cemeteries are not only places for the dead. They are also spaces in which the living interact with each other – and with the dead. “Cultivating Death” depicts the different ways in which
British-Irish Isles
Death
Ritual
Part of Us
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Maria Meriwether
.
For the Ngarrindjeri people, the living and the dead are connected through shared land and heritage. The preservation of this connection is at the heart of the community’s effort to repatriate the
Australia
Death
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
A Small Light
2004
32
‘
Directed by
Julia Yezbick
.
Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film explores
South Asia
Death
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Elderly people