By the River

APPROPIATE

2019 / 25min.

Rating0

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Stretching along the river Ganges rests Varanasi, the holiest of India’s seven sacred cities, and a place where devout Hindus go to die in hopes of achieving moksha - becoming liberated from the cycle of rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that a soul has to undergo 8.4 million rebirths before reaching the human form, the only form one can attain moksha, and dying in Varanasi and being cremated along the banks of the river is believed to be the ideal way of achieving this. Several so-called ‘death hotels’ exist to accommodate believers who abandon their lives and come here in wait for death - some for as long as 40 years.

Directors

Actors

Similar

Los Cocheros de Drácula

2019

8.0

Pale Blue Dot

This excerpt from A Pale Blue Dot was inspired by an image taken, at Carl Sagan's suggestion, by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990.

9.0

Love Commandos

In India, young people must marry someone approved by the family. Those who fall in love with someone else risk being killed for dishonour. But now th

2024

0.0

Blow-Ups of 1947

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

1947

6.3

La chasse aux grenouilles de la rue Wemotaci

2023

0.0

Ni Wapiten

2024

0.0

Searching for Halifax NP711

On February 21, 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber NP711 with a crew of seven men took off from the Linton-on-Ouse air base in England

2023

0.0

Femmes prêtres : vocations interdites

2025

8.7

Das Buch der Deutschen

The film shows the manufacture of a luxury edition of "Mein Kampf" on real parchment, handwritten.

1936

0.0

Schutzwall

The 5th anniversary of the inner-German wall to West Germany and West Berlin is on the agenda. The necessity of erecting the border is illustrated by

1965

0.0

Verräter

Documentary on the former border patrol sergeant Klein. Klein deserted in 1961, defected to the enemy and betrayed state and military secrets. He was

1962

0.0

Mystery of the Nile

Filmed in IMAX, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges as they make their way along al

2005

5.4

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

12,000 feet down, life is erupting. Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly

2003

5.8

Nikki Brown Clown

Nikki Brown Clown is a clown with a purpose. She advocates for Portland's displaced black community and addresses racism "in a different kind of way."

2016

0.0

Remember

This short documentary produced by the University of Oregon Multimedia Journalism graduate program explores memories of Portland's Japantown – Nihonma

0.0

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

A look at the horror movies of the 1980's.

2007

6.0

Winter’s Edge: Live Like Laura

Laura Green, 63, wakes up every morning and keeps skiers safe through backcountry avalanche forecasting and avalanche mitigation at Mt Hood Meadows re

0.0

Living with Wildfire

For 100 years, we have waged war on wildfire in the United States, and ironically, have created a more volatile landscape than ever.

2018

0.0

Wild Beach

Documentary from Barbara Bialowąs.

2006

0.0