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
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Released on: 1895-03-22
History, Documentary
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...
A Fan's Guide to Ms. Marvel
Released on: 2022-06-01
Documentary
A documentary short that gives you an exclusive look behind the groundbreaking original series, "Ms....
Like a Spiral
Released on: 2024-09-27
Documentary
Like a Spiral is a dialogue between Beirut and five women, migrant domestic workers, under the Kafal...
The Unfinished Journey
Released on: 1999-12-31
Documentary, History
A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.
The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh
Released on: 2023-08-24
Documentary
With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Co...
Princess Ball Gown
Released on: 2018-01-01
Documentary
Wedding rituals grounded on non-verbal social agreements represent the perception of society in gene...
Believers
Released on: 2013-12-15
Documentary
These days it seems that nothing is as polarizing and controversial as religious belief. Everywhere ...
The Colour of His Hair
Released on: 2017-06-20
Drama, Documentary
Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British ...
Under a Bridge
Released on: 1974-03-31
Documentary
In this tape, Ko Nakajima and Video Earth Tokyo interview a homeless man. The subject is initially a...
Is Genesis History?
Released on: 2017-02-23
Documentary
A fascinating new look at the biblical, historical, and scientific evidence for Creation and the Flo...
Arabian Coffee
Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana. ...
Rromani Soul
Released on: 2008-09-11
Documentary, Music
RROMANI SOUL traces the true origin of the Rroma people. Through rituals, song and dance we follow e...
The Spirit of the Tsilqot'in People is Hovering over the Supreme Court
Released on: 2023-12-01
Documentary
The Tŝilhqot’in Nation is represented by six communities in the stunningly beautiful interior of Bri...
Night and Fog
Released on: 1959-04-27
Documentary, History
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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...
Machines
Released on: 2017-11-30
Documentary
This portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India, moves...
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Released on: 1999-01-01
Documentary, Music
"My heart belongs to daddy / Majn harts gehert tsum tatn" - the same old love song. But now it is ac...