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Built on Graves(2020)
Status: Released
Date: 2020-04-01
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Time: 1h 10m
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This documentary deals with cases of grave recycling, cemetery abandonment, and the development of homes, stores, and businesses over the top of old cemeteries, in many cases leaving the bodies in the ground and paving over them.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Mazz Appeal Films
Movie: Built on Graves
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Lisa Arcaro
Herself
Michael Kenneth Fahr
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This documentary deals with cases of grave recycling, cemetery abandonment, and the development of homes, stores, and businesses over the top of old cemeteries, in many cases leaving the bodies in the ground and paving over them.
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2020-04-01
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