Death in the City
2024
Computer Files, Websites
The sacred city of Varanasi, situated on the holy Ganges, ‘the river of life’, is the revered destination for death for Hindus since time immemorial. With legendary funeral pyres burning non-stop for over three millennia on the river bank, the city’s status is founded on the belief that dying in Varanasi breaks the repeated cycle of rebirth. Filmed across four years, 2018 - 2021, DEATH IN THE CITY is an intimate portrayal of ‘The City of Life and Death’, the myriad communities who live and work in its ancient streets; including those waiting to die or those working with the dead, along with rare access to the death-worshipping Aghori Saints. This is a film in three movements: the spiritual, the metaphysical and the experiential. The most pressured crematorium in the world, Varanasi’s relationship with death is at the same time auspicious, spiritual, and industrial.
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Ronin Films, 2022.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2022.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Hindi
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482798
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Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/13866699/external-image - Cover Image