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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Death”
x
Year of production
“2014”
x
Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Southern Africa
1
Country
Botswana
1
Japan
1
Keywords
Death
2
x
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Directors
Werbner, Richard
1
not set
1
Series
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
not set
1
Country of production
Japan
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2014
2
x
Status
Film list
Burying Hallelujah
2014
51
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
Hallelujah, a ‘bush mechanic’ turned archbishop, gets the funeral he deserves, one of the very biggest in Botswana’s railway town, Palapye. Many churches come together, their robes, splendid, their
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
We Don’t Need A Grave
2014
27
‘
.
‘We Don’t Need a Grave’ attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one’s death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
Ritual