Grove Street Cemetery: City of the Dead, City of the Living (2007)

This documentary explores New Haven’s Grove Street Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark founded in 1797. The film takes a look at the cemetery’s historical significance, the people interred there, funerary art, landscape plantings, and the extensive community involvement with the site. Commissioned by the Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery, it was produced, directed, and edited by the Emmy Award-winning New Haven filmmaker Karyl K. Evans. (30 minutes)