Summaries

A documentary about pet loss, attachment, and the many processes by which we preserve more than our pet's memories.

FUREVER is a feature-length documentary that explores the dimensions of grief people experience over the loss of a pet. It examines the sociological evolution of pets in the U.S. today, particularly their position in a family unit, and how this evolution is affecting those in the veterinary profession and death care industry. With interviews of grieving pet owners, veterinarians, psychologists, sociologists, religious scholars, neuroscientists, and the many professionals who preserve a pet's body for their devastated clientele, or re-purpose a pet's cremains in unique ways (taxidermy, cloning, mummification, freeze-drying, and many more), FUREVER confronts contemporary trends, perspectives, and relevant cultural assumptions regarding attachment, religion, ritual, grief, and death, and studies the bonds that form between humans and animals, both psychological and physiological.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • death
  • pet
  • human animal relationship
  • memorial
Genres
  • Documentary
  • News
Release date Feb 25, 2013
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Gaia Indie Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

Synopsis

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