CBI presents 3 screenings 3 locations of the documentary, "A Will for the Woods."
Sunday August 31st 7pm Prairie Creek Lodge.
7204 SE County Road 234, Gainesville, FL 32641
6pm - 6:45pm Tours of Prairie Creek Cemetery before show time. Followed by Q and A.
Monday September 1st 7pm The Hippodrome. 25 SE 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601 Followed by Q and A.
Monday September 8th 7pm the Civic Media Center. 433 S. Main St. Gainesville, FL 32601. Followed by Q and A.
Short Synopsis Musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma, determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet. Boldly facing his mortality, the spirited Clark and his partner Jane have joined with a compassionate local cemeterian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods from being clear-cut. Documenting one community's role in the genesis of a revolutionary movement, A Will for the Woods follows Clark's dream of leaving a legacy in harmony with timeless cycles, and environmentalism takes on a profound intimacy. 93 minutes
Sliding scale donations to benefit Conservation Burial Inc.
CBI is committed to the mission of promoting natural burial practices in cemeteries that conserve land and reunite people with the environment.
CBI's opened it's first conservation cemetery; Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (Gainesville, FL), in 2010. Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery is Florida's only certified conservation burial ground and one of about 20 such cemeteries across the nation.
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