Cameraperson

Cameraperson

102 mins | Documentary | Sept. 9, 2016

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.

Cameraperson

102 mins | Documentary | Sept. 9, 2016

Cameraperson
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Fork Films, Big Mouth Productions, Chicken And Egg Pictures, The Bertha Foundation
Original title Cameraperson
Directors Kirsten Johnson
Writers Doris Baizley, Lisa Freedman

Cast

Kirsten Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Jacques Derrida

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Moore

as Self (archive footage)