What is old is often new again. Most funerals today are part of a multimillion-dollar industry run by professionals. This increased reliance on mortuaries has alienated Americans from life's only inevitability — death. A Family Undertaking 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. Far from being a radical innovation, keeping funeral rites in the family or among friends is exactly how death was handled for most of pre-20th century America.
Prior to the Civil War, caring for and preparing the dead for burial on family farms or in local cemeteries was both a domestic skill and a family responsibility.
| Title | Last Man Standing: Politics---Texas Style |
|---|---|
| Genres | Documentary |
| Release Date | 2004-07-20 |
| Episode Runtime | 01 Hours 00 Minutes |
| Season Number | 17 |
| Episode Number | 4 |
| Production Companies |
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