My Father and the Man in Black (2012)
- Original title
- My Father And The Man In Black
- Directed by
- Jonathan Holiff
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker discovers his late father's audio diaries and documents from his years managing Johnny Cash. The documentary explores their complicated professional and personal relationship through these recordings.
intimatereflectivenostalgicemotionalpersonalhonestrevealingcontemplative
What happens
My Father and the Man in Black is a 2012 Canadian documentary film directed and produced by Jonathan Holiff about the stormy relationship between country music star Johnny Cash and the filmmaker's father, Saul Holiff, Cash's personal manager. It qualified for Oscar consideration in 2013. Holiff was inspired to produce the film when he stumbled on his father's storage locker filled with audio diaries and a large assortment of other documents relating to his time in the 1960s and 1970s as Cash's manager. The locker also included a framed gold record of "A Boy Named Sue" which went on display at the Grand Theatre during the running of their musical Ring of Fire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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