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099    Streaming Video Kanopy 
245 00 Homegoings.|h[Kanopy electronic resource] 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
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500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2013. 
520    Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the 
       beauty and grace of African American funerals are brought 
       to life. Filmed at the Owens Funeral Home in Harlem and 
       the rural South, director Christine Turner's Homegoings 
       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, featuring an evocative score by 
       Daniel Roumain, the film paints a portrait of the dearly 
       departed, their grieving families and a man who sends 
       loved ones "home." African American funeral traditions 
       developed over many decades under the restrictions of 
       slavery and segregation. They encompass the retention of 
       certain West African belief systems and represent a desire
       to bid a dignified farewell to loved ones. Funerals take 
       on a special meaning, for while death is a time of loss 
       and grief, it is also a time for celebrating the lives of 
       the departed as their spirit goes on to eternal life in 
       the Christian tradition or, "joins the ancestors". Death, 
       then could be interpreted as a form of release from 
       oppression and pain. Undertakers came to occupy a special 
       position in African American communities as the organizers
       of these important ceremonies. Their funeral homes, often 
       family run businesses with a loyal clientele, became rare,
       economically independent institutions of means in the 
       segregated South. They frequently became a lifeline for 
       the community. In Homegoings, Isaiah Owens recounts from 
       his childhood in rural South Carolina that, "Whenever 
       somebody got sick, they would call Mr. Bird at the funeral
       home, and then he would ride out in the country to tell my
       mother, "Such and such one is real sick in Philadelphia, 
       and your sister called." Owens, is well-known, highly 
       respected and appreciated for his funeral business in the 
       Harlem community. He also has a funeral home in his South 
       Carolina home town partly staffed by his still vibrant 
       nonagenarian mother. As those closest to him in his family
       acknowledge, Owens was "called" to do this work. It is 
       more than a business to him but a craft to which he is 
       dedicated. He understands very well the needs of his 
       clients as illustrated by his very detailed meeting with a
       jovial woman purchasing a pre-planned funeral, how he 
       counsels a family on having a multicultural funeral and 
       how he commiserates with a grandson faced with planning a 
       double funeral for his grandparents. Homegoings examines 
       how the traditions are being forced to adapt to our lean 
       economic times, as families opt for cremation, instead of 
       the more costly burials and as smaller "Mom and Pop" 
       funeral homes close. Homegoings will resonate with those 
       familiar with the traditions as well as move and inform 
       the uninitiated who want to understand how specific 
       cultures deal with death and mourning. It will be a 
       compelling resource for classes in African American 
       Studies, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Social Work,
       and the health professions. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Undertakers and undertaking. 
650  0 African Americans|xFuneral customs and rites|zNew York 
       (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Bereavement|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Funeral homes|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Funeral rites and ceremonies|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Death|xSocial aspects|zNew York (State)|zNew York. 
650  0 Documentary films. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Owens, Isaiah,|epresenter. 
700 1  Turner, Christine,|eactor. 
700 1  Roumain, Daniel,|ecomposer. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.kanopy.com/node/116247|zAvailable on 
       Kanopy 
856 42 |zCover Image|uhttps://www.kanopy.com/node/116247/external
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