DEATH CAFE
The Oakes Brasserie, 1 Weston Park Rd, Yarralumla
Please allow plenty of time for parking, we will have a table reserved in the marquee at the back.
At a Death Café, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.
2.30 pm Saturday 11 May, 2019.
Legacy Village Common Room Bungendore Rd Queanbeyan
Please park on Bungendore Rd and not in the grounds.
DEATH CAFE
At a Death Café, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.
More info here
Saturday 11 May, 2019. 6.30 - 8.30pm
National Theatre, Braidwood
TENDER - A DOCUMENTARY
For anyone interested in the prospect of bringing Tender Funerals to Canberra and region, this is a great introduction.
Set against the stunning backdrop of the industrial seaside town of Port Kembla, a feisty and resilient community group have determined to take back the responsibility that most of us leave to someone else – to care for their own dead. Scattered throughout are stories that cut to the core, revealing why this small band have decided to take on a practice that for most is taboo.
As their plans for community-based funerals gather momentum, one of their own is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. TENDER is at once a heartbreakingly beautiful and beautifully funny glimpse of an extraordinary community taking on one of the most essential challenges of human life…its end.
Tender has received the following Awards:
- 4th AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program presented by Foxtel Movies
- ATOM Award for Best Documentary (General Category)
- Grand Prize of the 12th edition of the FIFO/France Television Awards, Tahiti
Preview
Variety Review
Screening will be preceded by a Tender Funerals talk and followed by a Q& A session.
Event is free, however a small donation to cover costs would be appreciated.
A Hive Fund Film
Produced with the assistance of the Adelaide Film Festival, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia Council for the Arts & Screen NSW.
Written & Directed by Lynette Wallworth | Produced by Kath Shelper | 73 minutes
© 2013 Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd, Lynette Wallworth and Adelaide Film Festival.