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  • 2014
  • TV-G
  • Overwhelming Umbrella Productions
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2014
  • TV-G
  • Overwhelming Umbrella Productions
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma, determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet. Boldly facing his mortality, the spirited Clark and his partner Jane have joined with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods ...

Directed By: Amy Browne, Tony Hale, Jeremy Kaplan, Brian Wilson

  • 2014
  • TV-G
  • Overwhelming Umbrella Productions
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2014
  • TV-G
  • Overwhelming Umbrella Productions
  • 1 h 33 m

A Will for the Woods

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma, determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet. Boldly facing his mortality, the spirited Clark and his partner Jane have joined with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods ...

Directed By: Amy Browne, Tony Hale, Jeremy Kaplan, Brian Wilson

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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70
Aug 13, 2014
It becomes clear that this isn’t just a documentary that seeks to demystify green burials. It’s one that tries, and largely succeeds, to demystify the process of letting go of life.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 12, 2014
While the film also captures many private, sometimes heartbreaking scenes, it takes a lot of time to make its simple point.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 14, 2014
Less an introduction to the green-burial movement than a portrait of one man who embraced it after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, A Will for the Woods is more sentimental than journalistic.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 14, 2014
It’s possible to admire the four directors’ unflinching depiction of the dying process, but the film is mostly unilluminating and grim — not least because almost all of the deaths discussed are untimely.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Overwhelming Umbrella Productions
Release Date Aug 15, 2014
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating TV-G
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Website http://www.awillforthewoods.com/
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Awards

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
San Francisco Indiefest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Virginia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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