Obit. : an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk
(DVD) 

Wide screen (1.78:1)

Editor Kristin Bye; executive producers, Pamela Tanner Boll, Geralyn White Dreyfous; co-executive producers, Diana Barrett, Ann Blinkhorn, Barbara Dobkin, Nion McEvoy, Anne Milliken, Katrina vanden Heuvel; consulting producer & archivist, Kenn Rabin; cinematographer, Ben Wolf; original score, Joel Goodman; graphics and animation Andrew Roberts, Kristin Bye; Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonald, William Grimes, Douglas Martin, Paul Vitello, Jeff Roth.

Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonald, William Grimes, Douglas Martin, Paul Vitello, Jeff Roth.

At a time when the free press is under threat, OBIT. takes a rare look inside one of the United States' foremost journalistic institutions, The New York Times. The steadfast writers of the paper's Obituaries section approach their work with journalistic rigor and narrative flair, each day depositing the details of a handful of extraordinary lives into the cultural memory. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling the recently decesaed, OBIT. is ultimately a celebration of life that conveys the central role journalism plays in capturing and reporting vital pieces of our history.

Not rated.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby digital.

English with optional English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned.

Philadelphia film festival 2016 -- Globedocs -- Official selection -- MKE film festival -- AFI Docs official selection 2016 -- Tribeca film festival 2016 -- Official selection hotdocs 2016.