Mortality Movies: Places in the Heart on Home Funerals

Описание: Mortality Movies is a 30-minute program with three death educators discussing topics such as funerals, grief, and related end-of-life topics. During each episode, several film clips are shown related to that episode’s topic. The expert panel discusses the film clips and share information that can help audiences understand end-of-life issues and plan for our 100% guaranteed mortality. Host ‪@GailRubin‬ leads the discussions.

This clip comes from the 1984 film, Places in the Heart. Sally Field won the 1985 Best Actress Oscar for her role as Edna Spalding. In this scene, her husband is brought in dead, and she and her sister prepare his body on the dining room table.