Obit

An inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk.

APPROPIATE

2017 / 93min.

Rating6.3

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. OBIT is a first-ever glimpse into the daily rituals, joys and existential angst of the Times obit writers, as they chronicle life after death on the front lines of history.

Directors

Vanessa Gould

Actors

Bruce Weber

Jon Pareles

Daniel Slotnik

Earl Wilson

Douglas Martin

Peter Keepnews

William McDonald

William Grimes

Margalit Fox

Jeff Roth

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