A Will for the Woods

Name: A Will for the Woods
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: August 15, 2014
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 54

2014

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First Run Features | Release Date: August 15, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma, determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet. Boldly facing his mortality, the spirited Clark and his partner Jane have joined with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woodsMusician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma, determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet. Boldly facing his mortality, the spirited Clark and his partner Jane have joined with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods from being clear-cut.… Expand

Director: Amy Browne and Brian Wilson and Brian Wilson and Jeremy Kaplan and Tony Hale and Tony Hale

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Jen Chaney

Aug 13, 2014

It becomes clear that this isn’t just a documentary that seeks to demystify green burials. It’s one that tries, and largely succeeds, to demystify the process of letting go of life. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Aug 12, 2014

While the film also captures many private, sometimes heartbreaking scenes, it takes a lot of time to make its simple point. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 14, 2014

It’s possible to admire the four directors’ unflinching depiction of the dying process, but the film is mostly unilluminating and grim — not least because almost all of the deaths discussed are untimely. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 14, 2014

Less an introduction to the green-burial movement than a portrait of one man who embraced it after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, A Will for the Woods is more sentimental than journalistic. Read full review

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