By the River (2019)
• October 20th, 2019 • 0h 25min
Documentary
Overview
Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that a soul has to undergo 8.4 million rebirths before reaching the human form, the only form one can attain moksha, and dying in Varanasi and being cremated along the banks of the river is believed to be the ideal way of achieving this. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Art Through Our Eyes
Released on: 2016-10-01
Drama, Documentary
As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the Na...
Positively Naked
Released on: 2005-04-30
Documentary
No clothes. No apologies. This film marks artist Spencer Tunick's third 'Naked' documentary which fe...
Paradise
Released on: 2024-11-01
Documentary
A landscape film about isolation, fear, and the ever-presence of religion in rural Pennsylvania.
From 3 to 22
Released on: 1966-11-23
Documentary
A movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goe...
Death Files
Released on: 2019-12-17
Documentary, Horror
A disturbing documentary about true murders and real death.
Mind of Clay
Released on: 1985-03-27
Drama, Documentary
In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wi...
Welles' Language
Released on: 1990-01-01
Documentary
Orson Welles acted in Brazilian culture and music by deeply researching Brazil's historical geology,...
Hakob Hovnatanyan
Released on: 1967-01-01
Documentary, History
Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilis...
Manislam: Islam and Masculinity
Released on: 2014-05-20
Documentary
Why does a man in Kuwait inspired by the 99 names of Allah and the Quranic stories create a comics a...
R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
Released on: 1904-03-12
Documentary
Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Ediso...
Roxette
Released on: 1978-06-01
Documentary, Music
Documentary profiling young Roxy Music fans. They talk about the band and the music, are seen out an...
Berliner Ballade
Released on: 1990-11-08
Documentary
Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the time of federal elections in Germany in 19...
Barn Rushes
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary
"…elegant yet rustic in its simplicity of execution; tugged gently toward different sides of the set...
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
Released on: 2021-11-29
Documentary
From "SCTV" and "Home Alone" to "Best in Show" and "Schitt’s Creek", Catherine O’Hara collaborates w...
Pepedrilo
Released on: 2021-10-31
Documentary
Pepedrilo and his peculiar connection with nature are embodied by the care and protection of a croco...
The Lack of It
Released on: 2025-04-18
Documentary
How does mobility reflect social status and racism? A story of two African American women working to...
Song 5
Released on: 1964-03-20
Documentary
SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimen...
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Released on: 2013-11-11
Documentary
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 8...
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Released on: 2013-05-31
Documentary
The story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a German-speaking Jewish pianist from Prague who was, at her death, ...