Dying to Tell the Story
MovieTitle | Dying to Tell the Story |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Sep 14, 1998 |
Genre | Documentary, TV Movie |
Director | Kyra Thompson |
Production country | US |
Run time | 95 min. |
This documentary studies the motivations of journalists dedicated enough to risk their lives for a story. We follow narrator Amy Eldon on a personal journey to find meaning in the death of her older brother, 22-year-old Reuters photographer Dan Eldon. Dan was among a group of five journalists attacked by a mob during the Somali famine in 1993; he and three others were stoned to death. As she interviews other journalists and the sole surviving witness to Dan's death, we see her attain the peace she sought.