Synopsis
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) is a 1h 29min documentary feature film by Kirsten Johnson. With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2020).
Facts
Awards
Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary
Original language
English
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Independent Spirit Awards 2021 generic
- Bolton International Film Festival 2020
- CPH:DOX 2020 generic
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2020 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2020 generic
