Obit

About the movie

How do you put a life into 500 words? Vanessa Gould's fascinating documentary, Obit, reveals the daily rituals, joys and existential angst of the unequaled N.Y. Times obit writers. We are taken through their processes of digging through years of accomplishments, of elegantly and respectfully shape the story of a life for an audience of million.
Obit is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries. Through the use of archival footage and photographs, it highlights impactful, stand-out lives that have made the death pages. The film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time.

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