Book Keepers, The

[Opens June 17 in theaters and played May 26 part of AARP's Movies for Grownups.] Phil Wall's compelling, heartbreaking, heartwarming, touching, bittersweet, inspirational, 89-minute, 2020 documentary that follows devoted, grieving husband Richard Wall as he crisscrosses the country on a book tour to promote his gifted English teacher and writer wife Carol's poignant, critically acclaimed book Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart after her untimely, tragic death in December 2014 in her home in Virginia from metastasized breast cancer with insights from her filmmaker son Phil and oncologist Dr. Fintel.
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