
The Vigil (For Kurt Cobain)
1998-09-26 · 82 min · Not rated
A heartfelt coming of age film for a displaced generation. Following Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994, a group of twentysomethings leave Lethbridge, Alberta on a journey to join the vigil for him in Seattle, learning about life, love and death along the way.
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- Directors
- Justin MacGregor
- Production companies
- Come As You Arts Ltd, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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