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.
Directed by Vanessa Gould
newspaper
journalism
celebrity
death
archive footage
essay film
new york times
woman director
obituaries
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
Bruce Weber
Self
Crew
Joel Goodman
Original Music Composer
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Executive Producer
Nion McEvoy
Co-Executive Producer
John Sloss
Thanks
Andrew Roberts
Animation
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
gigi
I love watching journalists do their job well
I love watching journalists do their job well
Jacob Dickens
8.9★ · 03/26/25
Reminiscent of an episode of This American Life which helps it not feel too bogged down in minutiae or the morbid. Some part of me wants to try writing obituaries for a day
Reminiscent of an episode of This American Life which helps it not feel too bogged down in minutiae or the morbid. Some part of me wants to try writing obituaries for a day
