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Dying to Tell the Story (1998)
Directed by Kyra Thompson
Overview
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.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Amy Eldon | Christiane Amanpour | Christian Bale | Corrine Dufka | Jacqueline Arzt Larma | Peter Magubane | Carlos Mavroleon