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Screening: A Family Undertaking

Filmmaker Elizabeth Westrate will introduce and screen her 2004 documentary A Family Undertaking (PBS), which explores the home burial movement in the United States. The evening will conclude with a dialogue between Westrate and Margaret Schwartz, Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.

Film Description:

A Family Undertaking is a documentary film that follows several families as they forgo a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home. This project was broadcast to critical acclaim on the PBS series P.O.V. in 2004 with an encore airing in 2006 and a coordinated broadcast on the Public Radio International program, The Next Big Thing. The film premiered at the Silverdoces Film Festival and was also broadcast internationally on the series True Stories: Life in the U.S.A. It has screened at festivals and art museums across the country, and was funded by The Independent Television Service.











When: Thu., Nov. 10, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
212-595-9533
Price: $12
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Filmmaker Elizabeth Westrate will introduce and screen her 2004 documentary A Family Undertaking (PBS), which explores the home burial movement in the United States. The evening will conclude with a dialogue between Westrate and Margaret Schwartz, Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University.

Film Description:

A Family Undertaking is a documentary film that follows several families as they forgo a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home. This project was broadcast to critical acclaim on the PBS series P.O.V. in 2004 with an encore airing in 2006 and a coordinated broadcast on the Public Radio International program, The Next Big Thing. The film premiered at the Silverdoces Film Festival and was also broadcast internationally on the series True Stories: Life in the U.S.A. It has screened at festivals and art museums across the country, and was funded by The Independent Television Service.

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