New Film ‘Life Itself’ based on memoir of Roger Ebert

New Film ‘Life Itself’ based on memoir of Roger Ebert
New Film ‘Life Itself’ based on memoir of Roger Ebert

New Film ‘Life Itself’ based on memoir of Roger Ebert

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Film contributor Milos Stehlik talks to Steve James and Chaz Ebert about the new film, ‘Life Itself.’ The film tells the story of the late film critic Roger Ebert. James directed the documentary and Chaz is the widow of Roger Ebert. (photo: Chaz Ebert, left, widow of the late film critic Roger Ebert, poses with Steve James, director of the documentary film “Life Itself,” at the premiere of the film on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP))