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Yamamoto Senji Watanabe Masanosuke Worker-Farmer Funeral

March 1929 •Japanese

After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and citizens gathered at his home in Uji. On the 15th a worker-farmer funeral was held at the Sanjo YMCA. Prokino's Kyoto Branch shot these five days of activities. The long line of cars is filled with taxis, whose drivers deeply admired Yamamoto. The Watanabe in the title refers to the head of the Communist Party of Japan. Watanabe was returning to Japan from Taiwan when he was stopped by authorities. He committed suicide in their custody. Yamamoto and Watanabe were mourned together.

Rozloučení s Klementem Gottwaldem

February 1954 •Czech

Four Nights and a Fire

June 2023 •English

A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father's spirit tries to reach him from the other side.

Sethum Aayiram Pon

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Meeting after many years, a makeup artist and her grandmother revisit tensions from an old family feud that still hangs heavy between them.

The Language You Cry In

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THE LANGUAGE YOU CRY IN tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone.

Knife in the Clear Water

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A man is struggling to keep his beloved bull from being used as sacrifice for his dead wife's funeral rites.

Tigullio minore

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In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman.

Forest of Bliss

March 1986 •

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India's most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic, though greatly magnified and concentrated, sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.

Funeral of King Alexander

January 1934 •

The funeral of assassinated Yugoslavian king.