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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 20 Apr 2017

A quirky and engaging documentary about the obit beat of The New York Times…

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By Josephine Livingstone (57) for The New Republic (897) on 16 Apr 2017

OBIT, the new documentary from director Vanessa Gould, lingers at the newspaper's death-desk to think through the meaning of remembrance, and…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 31 Mar 2017

Don't make your family pay for a death notice in the New York Times…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Mar 2017

Gould secures plenty of nuts-and-bolts detail about the reporting and writing process, which can range from novelistic use of detail to the…

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By Kathryn Laskaris (10) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 29 Mar 2017

Obit is a fascinating, if slightly too long, look at newspaper journalism in general and obituaries in particular…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 29 Mar 2017

This is one of the more unusual tales in this fascinating story of life (and death) in the obit department of the New York Times…

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By Susan G. Cole (137) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 28 Mar 2017

This doc about obituary writers for the New York Times and their challenges in making people come alive again never takes off…

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By Nathan Carson (10) for Willamette Week (516) on 09 Feb 2017

The writers' stories are juxtaposed snugly beside the details of their subjects to create an exceptionally tight, often hilarious film…

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