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Song of the Soul: Stories of Hospice in South Africa [2:24]

Posted by Greg Schneider on April 15, 2010 at 10:15am
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Trailer for Song of the Soul: Stories of Hospice in South Africa, documentary film. Director: Janet S. Parrott. Executive Producer: Catherine Chapin Kobacker Six American women visited South African hospice programs and engaged in cross-cultural conversations about women, terminal illness, and care giving. In this documentary film, we meet extraordinary South Africans who are providing hospice and palliative care that prevents and relieves suffering for the terminally ill and, in the process, gives new life to communities and a nation. Through their words and their work, South African hospice patients and care givers teach us much about creativity and humanity.
  • This film is about end-of-life being integrated into life.
  • This film is about care.
  • This film is about hope.

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  • Ginger Peer April 18, 2010 at 11:09am
    wonderful! how do we see the whole documentary?
  • Frances Shani Parker April 15, 2010 at 3:02pm
    This is both informative and interesting.
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