A Cemetery Special
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Actor: Rick SebakBrand: PBS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
Movie Reviews of A Cemetery Special
Movie Review: For the Living
Summary: 3 Stars
Some people say, "Funerals are for the living." This documentary tries to add, "Cemeteries should be for the living." This work shows many ways in which the living show their respects for or fascination with the dead. You see baseballs placed near the graves of league players. There are Stars of David for deceased Jewish individuals and tombstones written in Chinese for deceased Chinese. They show veterans honoring the war dead. One Rockefeller gave out many dimes, so living persons place dimes on his grave.
This work is diverse in terms of the dead and the living. For example, the first Black mayor of Atlanta is buried in the same cemetery as some Confederate soldiers. The work is diverse in terms of geography. However, they only show a rural grave at the very end, unlike the mostly suburban and big city graves with which they begin. I enjoyed the inclusive message here, however, historically many a cemetery was rigidly divided based upon race and class.
You will see no visitors crying here. The goal of the work is to demystify burial grounds. However, for some that is not radical. Many know that these areas can be sites of learning. It's why we study pyramids for example. Those who celebrate the Day of the Dead are not afraid of death as others are. The documentary makers may think they are being more revolutionary than they actually are. Plus, the narrator has an annoying voice.
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