| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 95 min.)) : sound, color. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Vanessa Gould. |
| Performer |
Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonald, William Grimes, Douglas Martin, Paul Vitello, Jeff Roth. |
| Summary |
It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit neighborhood doorsteps-and these days, ten minutes before news hits the web-an obit writer is racing against deadline to sum up a long and newsworthy life in under 1000 words. The details of these lives are then deposited into the cultural memory amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. Obit. is the first documentary to explore the world of these writers and their subjects, focusing on the legendary team at The New York Times, who approach their daily work with journalistic rigor and narrative flair. 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? |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
New York times.
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Obituaries.
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Journalists -- New York (State) -- Interviews.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Weber, Bruce, 1953- on-screen participant.
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Fox, Margalit, on-screen participant.
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McDonald, William (Journalist), on-screen participant.
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Grimes, William, on-screen participant.
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Martin, Douglas (Journalist), on-screen participant.
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Vitello, Paul, on-screen participant.
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Roth, Jeff (Journalist), on-screen participant.
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Gould, Vanessa, film director, film producer.
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Burke, Caitlin Mae, film producer.
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Bye, Kristin, editor of moving image work.
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Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott), composer (expression)
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk |
| Note |
Title on container: Obit. : life on deadline |
| Added Title |
New York times.
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| Music No. |
MWT15389837 |
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