29/08/2026
Academy award winning indie filmmaker Paul Wagner and colleague Peter Thompson will stop by WTJU TODAY, Thurs, Aug 27, during Folk & Beyond to discuss their friend Chris Farina’s film, Death Becomes Us and Hands Are With Us. This is a film near and dear to Chris as it will be his final one. Folk & Beyond airs Thursdays from 4-7pm (eastern) at 91.1FM, online at wtju.net, and via the WTJU app.
Death Becomes Us is a a feature documentary exploring people’s attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives on death. The film will follow the after-death path the body takes before being placed in its final resting place. Integral to the film will be observing and speaking with individuals who intersect with this process, spending time with the various individuals whose daily work is involved with a recently departed human being.
Chris Farina began working on this documentary ten years ago, but other projects got in the way. Then, four years ago, he was diagnosed ALS. With the help of Peter Thompson, former Executive Director of the Center at Belvedere, he was able to complete his film.
Paul Wagner is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning independent filmmaker who has produced and directed over fifty films over a fifty-year career.
