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mtv Beautiful Something Left Behind Will Change How You Talk About Death Katrine Philp's film documents a New Jersey nonprofit that helps children navigate the loss of their parents By Alex Gonzalez When director Katrine Philp's sister-in-law became ill, she felt despair and sadness watching her family grapple with the emotional pain. Her sister-in-law was suffering from what Philp describes as “bacteria running berserk in her body” and while she survived, Philp says her recovery was a lengthy, strenuous process. “I watched how she was struggling w...

The documentary “Beautiful Something Left Behind” examines grief from the point of view of young children (ages 5-10) who have recently lost parents. There are moments of terrible sadness in the film, of course, but also some uplift; if only the experience had more form to it. The kids are among those being helped by Good Grief, an organization in New Jersey that provides them with what looks like light group counseling and ways to vent their feelings and confront nagging questions through directed play. We get glimpses of the home lives of some of the children. It’s difficult to descri...