Obit
Jan 11 2017
•2h 33m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
See allWilliam McDonald
Himself
Bruce Weber
Himself
Margalit Fox
Herself
William Grimes
Himself
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