Dying to Tell the Story

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.

Cast

Amy Eldon

Self / Narrator / Interviewer

Christiane Amanpour

Self

Christian Bale

Narrator / Dan Eldon (uncredited) (voice)

Corrine Dufka

Jacqueline Arzt Larma

Peter Magubane

Carlos Mavroleon