Directed by Katrine Philp
Running time: 1 hour and 28 minutes

by Ashley Jane Davis, Staff Writer

“What makes you feel mad, sad or embarrassed about your person dying?”

How do you explain grief? Beautiful Something Left Behind is a documentary from director Katrine Philp that presents grief entirely through the eyes of children. In it, we spend time with a group of children, each of whom has lost one or both parents to death at a young age. The kids are enrolled in a peer support program run by Good Grief, a non-profit organization in New Jersey providing support and advocacy for families affected by death. While watching, I had the slowest, longest, most real and consistent cry I’ve ever had in my whole life.