A Family Undertaking: P.O.V.: TV Schedule: Rocky Mountain PBS

Prior to the 20th century, most Americans prepared their dead for burial with the help of family and friends. Today, most funerals are part of a multi-million-dollar industry run by professionals. The increased reliance on mortuaries has alienated Americans from life's only inevitability – death. This program explores the growing home- funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for their loved ones at home.

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