Obit.
The people brought to life here, using a combination of the written obituary and news clips, are a varied and fascinating bunch.
Obit.
Every morning, a small staff of obituary writers at The New York Times deposits the details of three or four extraordinary lives into the cultural memory – each life’s story spun amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. It’s amazing what goes on in the obits.
There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Documentary storytelling in print.
OBIT. is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries, via the legendary obit desk at The Times. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling life after death on the freshly inked front lines of history, the film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? What never dies?
Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere)
Hot Docs Int'l Film Festival (Int'l Premiere)
Provincetown Film Festival
AFI DOCS
New Zealand Int'l Film Festival
Nitehawk / Tribeca Summer Series
Traverse City Film Festival
Big Sky Film Festival Event Screening
Palm Springs Int'l FF
Portland Film Festival
DOC10
There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Documentary storytelling in print.
OBIT. is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries, via the legendary obit desk at The Times. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling life after death on the freshly inked front lines of history, the film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? What never dies?
Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere)
Hot Docs Int'l Film Festival (Int'l Premiere)
Provincetown Film Festival
AFI DOCS
New Zealand Int'l Film Festival
Nitehawk / Tribeca Summer Series
Traverse City Film Festival
Big Sky Film Festival Event Screening
Palm Springs Int'l FF
Portland Film Festival
DOC10
Genre
Documentary,
Women and Film
Runtime
93
Language
English
Director
Vanessa Gould
FEATURED REVIEW
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine
When a famous person dies, reading a well-written obituary can provide a therapeutic farewell to someone whose life and work touched us. And upon the death of someone like, say, the inventor of the Slinky--whose name we never knew but whose legacy marches on--a good obit illuminates not just one ...
Played at
Fine Arts Theatre 5.12.17 - 5.18.17
Playhouse 7 5.13.17 - 5.21.17
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