Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

Directed by

Kirsten Johnson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker stages fake ways her elderly father with dementia might die. He willingly participates in these scenarios that blend dark humor with genuine affection.

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What happens

Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who has dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents"—in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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