#DOCNYCalum: A WILL FOR THE WOODS opens today!
A WILL FOR THE WOODS (DOC NYC 2014) at Village East Cinemas through Thursday!
181-189 Second Avenue, NYC
August 15th – 21st
Q&As w/ filmmakers following: Friday 15th & Sat 16th 7pm & 9:45pm shows & each weeknight following the 7pm show.
The green burial movement combines the consecration and mourning of the dead with a desire to correct centuries of pollution and exploitation of the environment through the creation of non-toxic, natural burials that also conserve wilderness. Drawing the viewer into an intimate but never macabre experience of death, A Will for the Woods centers on Clark Wang, a sensitive man whose terminal illness motivates him to use his impending mortality as a means to preserve the natural environment.
8/18: A WORLD NOT OURS (DOC NYC 2013) premieres on PBS POV.
A doc that flips storytelling and Mideast-Arab clichés on their heads, while weaving an irresistible mood of amused melancholy.” (Variety). If Woody Allen made a film about a Palestinian refugee camp, it might come out like A World Not Ours. Director Mahdi Fleifel grew up in the camp of Ein el-Helweh in southern Lebanon before his family moved to Europe. This film documents his trips back for a sensitive, funny and illuminating study of belonging, friendship and family.
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