New Philosopher – July 2019

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Documentaries

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Nothingteachesusmore

aboutlifethandeath

itself.JournalistBeate

Lakottaandphotogra-

pherWalterSchelsasked

24 terminallyillpeople

if theycouldaccompany

themduringtheirlast

weeksanddays.From

thesevigilscamea series

of insightfuldescrip-

tionsandphotographic

portraitstakenbefore

andafterdeath.Far

frombeinggloomy,

theseintimateconcerns

ofthedyingrevealthe

preciousnessandtransi-

enceoflife,andmakeus

questionwhatweoften

takeforgranted.

Unblinking and unset-

tling, this documentary

lays bare a mysterious

process that goes on all

around us – what hap-

pens to people who die

with no next of kin?

Dead bodies in various

stages of decomposition

are seen, but not played

for shock factor. Instead,

you learn a little about

each person, both who

they were before death

and what will happen to

them afterwards. They

are followed from the

discovery of the body to

the final disposition of

the remains, and each

step in between.

Life before death

A certain kind

of death

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Documentaries