Document of the Dead is a 1985 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 by American

United States

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 filmmaker Roy Frumkes

Roy Frumkes

Roy Frumkes is an independent filmmaker. Frumkes directed the 1985 documentary Document of the Dead, a film detailing the production of Dawn of the Dead.-Biography:The cooperation of George A...

 that was largely shot during the production of the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead.

Synopsis

Taking a look back from Romero's first television commercials

Television advertisement

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 onward, the documentary chronicles the career and stylistic techniques of Dawn of the Deads director, George A. Romero

George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...

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Release

It is available on the Ultimate Edition DVD set for Dawn of the Dead. However, the version of Document on the Ultimate Edition of Dawn does not include the commentary by Roy Frumkes that the stand alone DVD of Document includes.