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200323 minPGdocumentary

Cultivating Death

200323 minPGdocumentary

Visitors to Kensal Green Cemetery in West London actively tend to graves, bringing gifts and talking to their deceased loved ones.

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Visitors to Kensal Green Cemetery in West London actively tend to graves, bringing gifts and talking to their deceased loved ones.

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Martin Gruberdirector

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Kensal Green Cemetery in West London hosts visitors who care for the graves of their deceased family members and friends. Many bereaved individuals maintain strong connections with the dead by arranging flowers, talking to them, and bringing gifts. These acts take place in a Victorian cemetery where social interactions happen between the living and the dead. The film includes candid conversations that reveal how some mourners navigate their loss in this unique space. "Cultivating Death" runs for 23 minutes and was directed by Martin Gruber in 2003.

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