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R.I.P., Rest in Pieces

1997 documentary about Joe Coleman

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ138651974 ↗
Source-derived summary

R.I.P., Rest in Pieces is a 1997 documentary film which explores the life and career of artist Joe Coleman.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “R.I.P., Rest in Pieces” as 1997 documentary about Joe Coleman. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rest, Pieces and documentary.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rest, Pieces and documentary providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q138651974. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from “R.I.P., Rest in Pieces” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.