Dying to Tell the Story

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kyra Thompson

Writers

Kyra Thompson

Language

English

Release date

14 September 1998

Ensemble

Cast

• Amy Eldon

  Self / Narrator / Interviewer

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  Christiane Amanpour

  Self

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  Christian Bale

  Narrator / Dan Eldon (uncredited) (voice)

• Corrine Dufka

• Jacqueline Arzt Larma

• Peter Magubane

• Carlos Mavroleon