In this inventive and deeply personal documentary, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson confronts the impending loss of her father, Dick Johnson, a retired psychiatrist facing dementia. To grapple with her fear and celebrate his life, she crafts a radical cinematic experiment: she stages his death in a series of darkly comedic and fantastical accidents, resurrecting him after each one to collaborate on the next. The film becomes a poignant dance between reality and fiction, as father and daughter use humor and imagination to explore themes of mortality, memory, and love. Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, "Dick Johnson Is Dead" creates a uniquely tender and surreal space where a daughter can rehearse for a goodbye she dreads, while ensuring her father gets the vibrant, star-studded sendoff of his dreams.