The Coffin Club
Briar March / Kim Harrop
Running
time:
4 mins
Musical and documentary unite to introduce The Coffin Club, a truly unique community organisation bringing free-spirited seniors together to construct and personalise their own low-cost coffins. Based in small town New Zealand, with over 60 active members, this group of inspirational elderly meet once a week to rejoice in life while facing the realities of death.
This warm and humorous story enters a lively community of seniors who live life as if each breath was their last.
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