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

Directed by Vanessa Gould, edited by Kristin Bye; executive producer, Pamela Tanner Boll, Geralyn White Dreyfous; co-executive producers, Diana Barrett, Ann Blinkhorn, Barbara Dobkin, Nion McEvoy, Anne Milliken, Katrina vanden Heuvel; produced by Caitlin Mae Burke, Vanessa Gould; 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.

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.

English with optical English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned.