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Now here is Death is our business.

The idea of the jazz funeral is to help the family.

In New Orleans, the tradition of celebrating deaths hit hard by the pandemic.

This pandemic hit the black community disproportionately.

Inside two funeral halls.

In particular now, a funeral director has to think out of the box in order to survive.

People talk about first responders.

We have a job to death is our business.

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New Orleans is this very complex combination.

New Orleans is this very complex combination.

Of suffering and joy, Dr. Denise Shervington.

Katrina forced us to think a lot about what does it mean to heal.

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