In 2004 Sheldon Oberman, a Jewish storyteller from Winnipeg, passed away. At his funeral the presiding Rabbi said that Sheldon’s spirit was with the congregants in the sanctuary. For filmmaker Saul Henteleff this was a revelation that began a personal and spiritual journey into the meaning of Jewish death. My Jewish Death is the result of this journey.

The first woman rabbi in the world, Regina Jonas, comes to light, courtesy of Rachel Weisz – who pla...

For most of us a funeral is traditionally a modest, somber affair, but there are some families who a...
The funeral procession of suffragette Emily Davison - fatally injured at the Epsom Derby - passes th...

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...

Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey thro...

An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay young man murdered in one of the most notorious hat...

Victims of a tragic air crash are honoured in a sombre military funeral procession through the stree...

The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past...

The film does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes...

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazili...

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda...

Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1...

Stanley Kubrick’s short documentary about Father Fred Stadtmueller, a Catholic priest serving a vast...

Poignant postwar appeal for Britain’s Jewry to support orphaned Jewish children rescued from Europe.

Stacey tackles the subject of death by immersing herself in the world of undertaking at a century-ol...

In 1965 actor and hopeful first time director Titus Moede befriended ‘Preacher’ of the outlaw motorc...

Yamamoto Senji fought against the Peace Preservation Law in the Diet. On March 5, 1929 he was assass...

Darrell Scott tells stories of his daughter, high school student, Rachel Joy Scott. Also included is...