Built on Graves

Built on Graves (2020)

April 1st, 20201h 10min

Documentary
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Overview

This documentary deals with cases of grave recycling, cemetery abandonment, and the development of homes, stores, and businesses over the top of old cemeteries, in many cases leaving the bodies in the ground and paving over them.


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