Tears for sale / directed and produced by Wong Mai Yun.
| Other author | Lim, Catherine, narrator. |
| Other author | Wong, Mai Yun, director, producer. |
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | Montreal, QC : CinéFête, 2008. |
| Description | 1 online resource (50 min.). |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;2199855 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ethnographic video online, volume 2 |
| Abstract | Tears of mourning ... it’s an act of filial piety, a tribute to the dead of how much he or she is being missed with their passing. The more tears that are shed at the funeral, the better. So enter a unique group of people, the professional mourners whose tears are for sale. Shot in China, Taiwan and India, this documentary enters the lives of these professional mourners as they try to keep the tradition alive and their arduous journey walking down the valley of death. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in Taiwan, China and India. |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web. |
| Language | This edition in English and Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |