Kirsten Johnson’s moving tribute to her dying father (Dick Johnson) and cinema itself is easily one of the best documentaries of the year. Kirsten admits she is making time capsules to remember her father, but the film also serves as a sharing of careers as she and her father reenact different types of movie deaths and talk about his work as a psychiatrist. The moments of family life are beautifully captured, and it’s nearly impossible not to crave chocolate cake after a birthday scene. Kirsten’s staging a funeral for her still living father may raise some eyebrows, but the communal love and the ways cinema can bring us together and heal us are what tie the proceeding perfectly into the rest of the film. — Evan Cogswell
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2020 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury — #3