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"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 Harlem and the rural South, [the film] takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral...

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Uniform Title:Homegoings (Television program)
Corporate Authors: P.O.V. Theatrical Films (Contributor), Independent Television Service (Contributor), Final Cut USA, Inc (Contributor), American Documentary Films (Contributor), Diverse Voices Project (Contributor)
Other Authors: Turner, Christine (Filmmaker), Stief, Marshall (director of photography.), Roumain, Daniel Bernard (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [San Francisco, California] : California Newsreel, [2013]
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Owens, Isaiah.
Undertakers and undertaking > New York (State) > New York.
African Americans > Funeral customs and rites.
Funeral homes > New York (State) > New York.
Bereavement > New York (State) > New York.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > New York (State) > New York.
Noirs américains > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Salons funéraires > New York (État) > New York.
Deuil > New York (État) > New York.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > New York (État) > New York.
African Americans > Funeral customs and rites
Bereavement
Funeral homes
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Undertakers and undertaking
New York (State) > New York
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Internet videos
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"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 Harlem and the rural South, [the film] 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. It reveals the special status of undertakers in the community; borne out of their permanence, their economic stability, and the necessities of the segregation period. 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'"--Distributor's abstract.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced and broadcast on the television program POV in 2013.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 57 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Playing Time:00:56:49
Awards:Won 2013 American Black Film Festival, Best Documentary
Nominated 2014 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
Production Credits:Cinematography, Marshall Stief ; editor, Sonejuhi Sinha ; original music, Daniel Roumain.