Now that the Baby Boomers have shifted into the last years of their life there is now a boom in the death rate, as more and people are passing away. How are we going to handle it.
First a warning: This film is graphic. It does not look away during embalming nor during cremation, nor during anything else. If that is going to bother you do not attend the film.
This is a very good film that looks into all the issues surrounding dying, including new additions to the death industry (composting), Pollution (embalmed bodies can and do pollute ground water when the chemicals leach into the ground and cremation pollutes the air), the way the business is run and the way people think about death. It's a film that is full of everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
I really liked this a great deal and I can't wait to share it with several people I know who are interested in the subject.
At the same time the film isn't perfect. It has a definite point of view and it fumbles a few facts. For example to spin the death rate during during covid into a warning of what we will be facing very shortly. The problem is that covid was an abnormal factor that increased the death rate in a short period of time The disease was killing people all at once, and it was not the normal ebb and flow, just a sudden spike.
Quibbles aside, this is a super film and a must see for anyone interested in what happens after we die.
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