KUR

A documentary about death

In production

In Sumerian, KUR meant both mountain and the underworld

KUR is a documentary about death. It moves across continents and traditions, religious, scientific and otherwise, asking people who have spent their lives close to the question what they have found there.

Everyone speaks in their own language. No single answer is privileged. The film is made for anyone, anywhere, since it is about the one thing every life has in common.

Shoots

Mexico, plannedMEXICOIran, plannedIRANChina, plannedCHINATaiwan, plannedTAIWANIsrael, plannedISRAELBrazil, plannedBRAZILJamaica, plannedJAMAICAPanama, plannedPANAMAUkraine, plannedUKRAINERussia, plannedRUSSIAIceland, plannedICELANDGhana, plannedGHANANepal, scheduledNEPALThailand, scheduledTHAILANDJapan, scheduledJAPANSouth Africa, scheduledSOUTH AFRICAMorocco, scheduledMOROCCOAustralia, scheduledAUSTRALIAUnited States, completedUNITED STATESUnited Kingdom, completedUNITED KINGDOM

Completed

United States, United Kingdom

Scheduled

Nepal, Thailand, Japan, South Africa, Morocco, Australia

Planned

Mexico, Iran, China, Taiwan, Israel, Brazil, Jamaica, Panama, Ukraine, Russia, Iceland, Ghana

STILLS

WIP

An elderly monk in robes
A grave marker half covered in ivy
A woman seated in a library
A churchyard above the sea at sunset
A priest seated in the aisle of a church
A stone cross wrapped in ivy in an overgrown cemetery
A crowded bar under red neon
A fox among graves at night
A scientist in a laboratory full of equipment racks

Lead Director

Jacque Rabie

Lead Producer

Chloe Campion

Creative Director

Tegan Slattery

A production of

Motel Zero

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