An Elephant in the Room
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.'
Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds.
Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.
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Credits
Director: | Katrine Philp |
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Executive Producer: | Patricia Drati, Kaspar Astrup Shcröder, Boris Benjamin Bertram |
Producer: | Katrine A. Sahlstrøm |
Cinematographer: | Adam Morris Philp |
Editor: | Signe Rebekka Kaufmann |
Sound Designer: | Thomas Jæger, Kristoffer Salting |
Music: | Povl Kristian |
Contact
Distributor: | Ben Schwartz and Matt Burke (matt@submarine.com) |
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Public Film Contact: | Katrine A. Sahlstrøm |
Publicity Contact: | Sylvia Desrochers |
Sales Agent: | Submarine Entertainment/Submarine Deluxe |