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Homegoings

2013 · 60 min

A quiet, compassionate look into a funeral home that leaves you moved and thoughtful about how we mourn.

Directed by: Christine Turner
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Isaiah Owens

Overview: Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."

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Directed by: Christine Turner
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Isaiah Owens

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
grief
faith
family
race
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	3
Realism	10
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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