Built on Graves (2020)
• April 1st, 2020 • 1h 10min
Documentary
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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