Title: Cameraperson
Rating: NR
Directed by: Kirsten Johnson
Starring: Kirsten Johnson
Release Date: 1/26/2016
Running Time: 102 minutes
What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person – and what does it do to the one who films?
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.
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Memoriam: In Honor of
CATHERINE JOY JOHNSON 1929-2007
DAVID KEATON 1952-2015
MAMIE TILL MOBLEY 1921-2003