A Certain Kind of Death (2003)

Directed by

Grover Babcock, Blue Hadaegh

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the process of what happens to people who die alone and without any known relatives. It shows the work of officials who handle these cases from finding the body to disposing of the belongings.

observationaldetachedmundanereflectivematter-of-factsoberingquietunsettling

What happens

A Certain Kind of Death is a 2003 American documentary film examining what happens to the bodies of those who die with no next of kin. The film was awarded a Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and a Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Atlanta Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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