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A family undertaking / produced and directed by Elizabeth Westrate ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service ; produced by Five Spot Films, LLC.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston, Massachusetts] : [Distributed by] The Fanlight Collection, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This video documentary explores the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding an important and growing new trend: the home funeral movement. A Family Undertaking profiles several families who have made the decision to forego the typical mortuary funeral and instead prepare their loved ones at home for burial or cremation.
- Credits:
- Editor, Melissa Neidich ; director of photography, Scott Sinkler.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally released in 2003.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 5, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- fn-fami Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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