A WILL FOR THE WOODS

Is it something of a contradiction that we recycle our waste products only to have our humanly remains embalmed in toxic fluids and buried in caskets made from two trees? Alternatively should we cremate our loved ones when fuels burn at high temperatures releasing gases into the atmosphere?

This thought-provoking documentary explores green burial, an unconventional but natural way of handling the deceased, unhazardous to the environment and restoring the dead to re-useable materials in the cycle of life.

Audiences will journey with Clarke Wang, a strong willed psychiatrist and musician suffering with lymphoma, as he prepares for his own green burial.

Through insightful interviews, family movies and photos we connect with this brave and inspirational man, whose last act is not to pollute the planet.

Desperately moving and humorous at times, this multi-award winning documentary aims to spread awareness as a staggering 86% of Americans are oblivious to green burials. (MMo)

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