"We Come From Heaven and Some Remember"
Author, speaker and filmmaker Sarah Hinze has compiled dozens of accounts of parents and families who have claimed to meet the souls of their sons and daughters before they were born.
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A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage.
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