Winner of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling
Film Release Date: October 2, 2020
Run Time: 89 minutes
A Big Mouth Productions Film
Filmed, Produced and Directed by: Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson)
Producers: Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness
Co-Producer: Maureen A. Ryan
Executive Producer: Megan Ellison
Synopsis:
A lifetime of making documentaries has convinced award-winning filmmaker Kirsten Johnson of the power of the real. But now she’s ready to use every escapist movie-making trick in the book – staging inventive and fantastical ways for her 86-year-old psychiatrist father to die while hoping that cinema might help her bend time, laugh at pain and keep her father alive forever. The darkly funny and wildly imaginative DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD is a love letter from a daughter to a father, creatively blending fact and fiction to create a celebratory exploration of how movies give us the tools to grapple with life’s profundity. DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD was filmed, produced and directed by Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson), produced by Katy Chevigny and Marilyn Ness, co-produced by Maureen A. Ryan and executive produced by Megan Ellison.
More information: www.netflix.com/dickjohnsonisdead
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