A screening of A Will for the Woods will take place on Sept. 25 at 4:30pm at the Gorge Cinema, 43 Mill Street West, Elora.
Tickets are $12 and a discussion will follow the screening with guest Mark Richardson from the Green Burial Society of Canada.
The documentary asks “What if our last act could be a gift to the planet?”
Determined that his final resting place will benefit the Earth, musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma.
Clark and his partner Jane, boldly facing his mortality, embrace the planning of a spiritually meaningful funeral and join with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save North Carolina woods from being clear-cut.
With poignancy and unexpected humor, the award winning A Will for the Woods portrays the last days of a multifaceted advocate – and one community’s role in the genesis of a revolutionary movement. As the film follows Clark’s dream of leaving a legacy in harmony with timeless cycles, environmentalism takes on a profound intimacy.
This film screening is presented as part of the Death Perceptions art exhibit at the Wellington County Museum and Archives, running Sept. 17 to Nov. 6.
