Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)

Started to Broadcast at October 2, 2020 on Netflix

Documentary, Drama

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.

Director: Kirsten Johnson

Writers: Nels Bangerter, Kirsten Johnson

Stars: Michael Hilow, Ana Hoffman, Dick Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Kevin Loreque, Vasthy Mompoint, Mary Page Nance

►Cast

Michael Hilow	→	Consultant
Ana Hoffman	→	Backup Singer
Dick Johnson	→	Self
Kirsten Johnson	→	Self
Kevin Loreque	→	Buster Keaton
Vasthy Mompoint	→	Backup Singer
Mary Page Nance	→	Katie Jo