Carry Me Home (2009)

For over two centuries AfricanAmerican funeral homes have passed down an untold elaborate tradition of burying the dead in grand flair Carry Me Home a short documentary witnesses this tradition touch one widows life and transforms her grief into celebration After the loss of her husband Lessie Thompson surrounds herself with her family and prepares for the funeral opening a window into the rich vivid history of AfricanAmerican funeral traditions that span from segregation and slavery all the way back to West Africa Horse drawn carriages carrying the coffin brightly colored funeral garments and open expressions of grief and celebration color many AfricanAmerican funeral services These stylish and celebratory ceremonies have been passed down through generations old familyrun funeral homes and continue today