Coco: Remember Me (Hebrews 12:1)

In Coco, death is not the final end - being forgotten is. The dead remain alive in the Land of the Dead as long as someone living remembers them; when the last person who knew them dies, they experience the final death. Miguel discovers his great-great-grandmother Coco holds the memory of her father Hector - the song Remember Me becomes literally life-giving. Hebrews declares we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses - the saints who have gone before. Memory is resurrection work. When we tell the stories of the faithful departed, we participate in God's victory over death. Remember me is both human cry and divine answer.