Creators of a new material world.
Co-presented by Firelight Media, Scattergood Foundation, and Urban Affairs Coalition/Ending Racism Partnership
In Death Is Our Business, filmmaker Jacqueline Olive shines a light on how the coronavirus has rocked the Black community’s cherished cultural practices in New Orleans — a city that is no stranger to loss and grief. While revealing the racial disparities of the virus’s toll, the documentary film goes inside two of the oldest Black-owned funeral homes in the city, offering an intimate look at rituals that are specific to how many Black Americans funeralize their loved ones and the troubling ways that the pandemic has impacted them.
- Year2021
- Runtime30 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJacqueline Olive
Creators of a new material world.
Co-presented by Firelight Media, Scattergood Foundation, and Urban Affairs Coalition/Ending Racism Partnership
In Death Is Our Business, filmmaker Jacqueline Olive shines a light on how the coronavirus has rocked the Black community’s cherished cultural practices in New Orleans — a city that is no stranger to loss and grief. While revealing the racial disparities of the virus’s toll, the documentary film goes inside two of the oldest Black-owned funeral homes in the city, offering an intimate look at rituals that are specific to how many Black Americans funeralize their loved ones and the troubling ways that the pandemic has impacted them.
- Year2021
- Runtime30 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorJacqueline Olive