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Must Read After My Death
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Wikipedia article
'Must Read After My Death' is a 2009 documentary film directed produced by Morgan Dews. It follows Allis, her husband Charley, in Hartford, Connecticut throughout the 1960s. The film received critical acclaim, receiving 90% positive reviews at the website Rotten Tomatoes.
Synopsis
When a Hartford couple turns to psychiatry for help with their marriage, things quickly spiral out of control. Couples counseling, individual and group therapy and 24-hour marathon sessions ensue. Their four children suffer and are given their own psychiatrists. Pills are prescribed, people are institutionalized, shock-therapy is administered. This is an intimate story in the family's own words, from an extraordinary collection of audio recordings and home movies, illuminating a difficult and extraordinary time.
Production
Soundtrack
The film's striking soundscape was composed by Emmy nominated musician Paul Damian Hogan.
Distribution
The film had its US premiere in 2008 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Gigantic Digital released 'Must Read After My Death' in February 2009. It was the first film to be released Day-and-Date in theaters and online. Gigantic managed to control the availability of the film online, blocking it in markets where the film was playing theatricallyoften the only conditions under which the exhibitors would agree to screen the film. 'Must Read After My Death' played theatrically in New York for two weeks and in Los Angeles for one week. It was the highest earning film at the Laemmle Sunset 5 during its run.
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Category:2007 films
Category:American documentary films
Category:2007 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about child abuse
Category:Documentary films about violence against women
Category:History of women in Connecticut
Category:1960s in Connecticut
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:2000s American films
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