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A Movie We in Funeral Service Should Be Watching

Thursday, 02 February 2012 10:17

FuneralWords
Jan 31, 2012

The Descendants

We in funeral service talk about grief as if it fits in one tidy little definition which goes something like this - someone dies, we have to say good-bye with visitations and funerals, we feel hurt and sad for a long time (and sometimes families come unglued in the process), and one day we feel better.

George Clooney‘s new movie The Descendants turns that traditional definition inside out.

Read the full article and see movie trailer video (2:18) at FuneralWords

Thanks to ConnectingDirectors for altering us to this article.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 February 2012 10:20 )

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Consider the Conversation

Thursday, 02 February 2012 07:17

SevenPonds Blog
February 1, 2012

A Documentary on a Taboo Subject: The End-of-Life

In early 2009, hospice worker Mike Bernhagen and filmmaker Terry Kaldhusdal of southern Wisconsin came together for a project that would become the film Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject. The project explores the 21st century American struggle with the conversation about the end-of-life.

The film, which debuted in February 2011 and was recognized in the Best Shorts international film and television competition, seeks to stimulate communication about the end-of-life by providing "the questions we need to contemplate."

Read the full article and see video (2:23) at SevenPonds Blog

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To live and die in LA

Thursday, 02 February 2012 06:51

89.3 KPCC: Off-Ramp
Southern California Public Radio
January 28, 2012

Caitlin Doughty, star of YouTube hit "Ask a Mortician," tours LA's oldest cemetery

Death is one of those things we don't think about much, until someone we know is dying. But Caitlin Doughty wants to change that. She's a licensed mortician in Los Angeles, and she's taken on a lofty goal: to make death a part of Americans' daily culture. She's using her blog and YouTube channel to help spread the message. Off-Ramp contributor Avishay Artsy caught up with her.

Read the full article, listen to program audio, and see video (5:14) at 89.3 KPCC: Off-Ramp

Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 February 2012 07:02 )

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Living online after death faces Nebraska legal battle

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 20:53

BBC News Magazine
30 January 2012

Several states across the US are considering legislation that would give personal representatives legal possession of Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and other online information after a death.

But privacy experts argue such legislation, which has already been passed in the state of Oklahoma, needs further clarification before being made into law.

Meanwhile, some families who have lost loved ones claim the online accounts of the deceased are an upsetting reminder of their losses.

The BBC's Matt Danzico visited Lincoln, Nebraska, where lawmakers are attempting to pass a similar bill.

See the video (4:14) at BBC News Magazine

Thanks to the Funeral Consumers Information Society (Detroit MI) for altering us to this article and video.

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