"Homegoings: A dance" is a short film that makes use of contemporary dance imagery as a juxtaposed narrative to the fragmented stories brought to us by Harlem funeral director, Isaiah Owens.  The mournful music and dimly lit stage catch the nuanced movements of the Bill T. Jones' dancers. As we watch this man and woman intimately move together, we catch tidbits of stories about people passing on from this life. The first words we hear are: "In this life, it can be so rough that you want to go some place to get some rest." Something about the physicality of this relationship between these two dancers, asks us to think about struggle and loss. Within the complexity of losing someone we love comes the recognition that leaving this life is a way of going home.

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