
Obit.
2016 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 6.4
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2017-01-11
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (19 votes)
Themes
- newspaper
- journalism
- celebrity
- death
- archive footage
- essay film
- new york times
- woman director
- obituaries
Cast & crew
- WM
William McDonald
as Self

Bruce Weber
as Self
- MF
Margalit Fox
as Self
- WG
William Grimes
as Self
- JP
Jon Pareles
as Self
- PK
Peter Keepnews
as Self
- DS
Daniel Slotnik
as Self
- JR
Jeff Roth
as Self
- DM
Douglas Martin
as Self
- DM
Dolores Morrison
as Self
Directed by Vanessa Gould