Funeral rites and ceremonies.

  • Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 1 of 2)

    Actuality of the memorial service held at Ephesian Church of God in Christ for Bobby Hutton (1950-1968), the first Black Panther recruit, who was killed in a shootout with the Oakland Police Department. Colin Edwards interviews Louella Cleaver, sister of Eldridge Cleaver, about her reaction to Hutton’s and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s deaths. Edwards then…

  • Dr. Margaret Mead interviewed by Anne Fremantle (Episode 2)

    Anne Fremantle interviews anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead (1901 – 1978). Fremantle introduces herself and describes P.E.N. which exists to provide friendship and freedom to writers, poets and artists. She then introduces Dr. Mead, who discusses how different cultures react to death and how life and death are fundamental mysteries to many peoples. Dr. Mead also…

  • Beyond the American way of death / produced by Philip Maldari.

    On alternatives to traditional funerals and burials. Jessica Mitford interviews Dr. Charles Denning of the Neptune Society, a planned burial company.