Cameraperson
2016•NR•1h 42m•6.7•Released
Documentary
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
Director
Kirsten Johnson
Writer
Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman
Languages
Bosnian, Persian, English
Studio
Fork Films
Cast
Kirsten Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Derrida
Self (archive footage)
Michael Moore
Self (archive footage)
Richard Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Fork Films
Company
Big Mouth Productions
Company
The Bertha Foundation
Company
Chicken & Egg Films
Producer
Kirsten Johnson
Producer
Marilyn Ness
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