March 6, 2013
We recently added “A Family Undertaking” to the DBRL collection. We showed the film last year as part of the Center Aisle Cinema series at the library, and it also appeared in 2004 on the PBS series POV. Here’s a synopsis from our blog post:
The documentary “A Family Undertaking” (60 min.) explores the growing home funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home. Through their stories we see that “hands-on” care for the dead by family members, including children, can aid in grieving, bring a sense of fulfillment, and help loved ones to grasp the reality of a death. Their home funerals are remarkable documents of death made intimate, meaningful, and even joyful.
You can watch the trailer or visit the POV site for more info.
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August 16, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 • 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Columbia Public Library, Friends Room
The documentary “A Family Undertaking” (60 min.) explores the growing home funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home. Through their stories we see that “hands-on” care for the dead by family members, including children, can aid in grieving, bring a sense of fulfillment, and help loved ones to grasp the reality of a death. Their home funerals are remarkable documents of death made intimate, meaningful, and even joyful. You can watch the trailer or visit the POV site for more info. This film is being shown in conjunction with the One Read events in September 2012 related to the book “The Tiger’s Wife” by Téa Obreht.
Filed under: center aisle cinema films
February 8, 2012
We recently added Resurrect Dead to the DBRL collection. The film played at the 2011 True False Film Fest and currently has a rating of 85% from audiences at Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s a synopsis from our catalog:
For decades, mysterious messages in the form of colorful ’tiles’ have appeared, pasted on the streets of major cities up and down the western hemisphere. Containing the same bizarre, unsettling message, which seems to concern resurrecting the world’s dead, most people walk over them without a thought, until now. Justin Duerr, long obsessed with the tiles, has begun a quest to unearth both their origins and meaning.
Check out the film trailer or the official film site for more info.
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September 28, 2011
We recently added The Arbor to the DBRL collection. The film played at the 2011 True False Film Fest and currently has a rating of 95% from critics at Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s a synopsis from our catalog:
Andrea Dunbar was an unflinchingly honest playwright who wrote about her distressing upbringing on the Arbor, the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford, U.K. She died tragically in 1990 at the age of 29. This documentary follows her children as they begin to understand the struggles their mother faced. This film comprises personal letters, interviews with Andrea’s family and friends, and a reading of her most celebrated play.
Check out the film trailer for more info.
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February 16, 2011
We recently added The Tillman Story to the DBRL collection. The movie played at Ragtag last year and has gotten a fair amount of good reviews. Here’s a synopsis from our catalog:
Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool, which is totally unfathomable.
Check out the official movie site for more info.
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