A Natural Death

'As Americans, we've been trained to ignore death,' says John Wilkerson, founder of the only 'green burial' site in the state of Florida. Besides separating human beings from the reality of death, modern funeral practices waste resources at an astounding rate. Cemeteries across the country bury 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid and 90,272 tons of steel in the ground each year. This film follows John during a typical day on his family farm, now converted into a green burial site, as he introduces the audience to an alternative view of death.