Obit. : an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk

Resource Information

The work Obit. : an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Obit. : an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk

Title remainder

an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk

Statement of responsibility

Kino Lorber, Green Fuse Films Presents, in association with Mystic Artist Films, Topiary Productions, Imperfectfilms, the Fledgling Fund ; directed by Vanessa Gould

Contributor

• Kino Lorber, Inc
• Mystic Artists Film Productions
• Topiary Productions
• Green Fuse Films
• Bye, Kristin
• Goodman, Joel
• Gould, Vanessa
• Fledgling Fund
• Imperfectfilms

Composer

• Goodman, Joel

Director

• Gould, Vanessa

Editor

• Bye, Kristin

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films
• Documentary films
• Journalists -- Interviews
• Journalists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
• New York times
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

At a time when the free press is under threat, OBIT. takes a rare look inside one of the United States' foremost journalistic institutions, The New York Times. The steadfast writers of the paper's Obituaries section approach their work with journalistic rigor and narrative flair, each day depositing the details of a handful of extraordinary lives into the cultural memory. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling the recently deceased, OBIT is ultimately a celebration of life that conveys the central role journalism plays in capturing and reporting vital pieces of our history

Member of

• New York times

Cataloging source

FHS

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

070.4/49

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

English with optical English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Directed by Vanessa Gould, edited by Kristin Bye; executive producer, Pamela Tanner Boll, Geralyn White Dreyfous; co-executive producers, Diana Barrett, Ann Blinkhorn, Barbara Dobkin, Nion McEvoy, Anne Milliken, Katrina vanden Heuvel; produced by Caitlin Mae Burke, Vanessa Gould; consulting producer & archivist, Kenn Rabin; cinematographer, Ben Wolf; original score, Joel Goodman; graphics and animation Andrew Roberts, Kristin Bye; Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonald, William Grimes, Douglas Martin, Paul Vitello, Jeff Roth

Runtime

93

Technique

live action