Obit (2017)
An inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk.
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.
- Date of release
- 2017-01-11
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Vanessa Gould
Casting
- William McDonald — Self
- Bruce Weber — Self
- Margalit Fox — Self
- William Grimes — Self
- Jon Pareles — Self
- Peter Keepnews — Self
- Daniel Slotnik — Self
- Jeff Roth — Self
- Douglas Martin — Self
- Dolores Morrison — Self
- Jack Kadden — Self
- Earl Wilson — Self
Interesting facts
Obit is a 2016 documentary film about the obituary writers at The New York Times.
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