Homegoings

• Movies
• 2013-06-25
• EN
• Released
• 1h 0m
• Documentary

• 6.5
• 2

Production

P.O.V./American Documentary, Peralta Pictures

Storyline

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."