Cameraperson

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗
• Criterion Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

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  Kirsten Johnson
  as Self (archive footage)
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  Jacques Derrida
  as Self (archive footage)
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  Michael Moore
  as Self (archive footage)
• R
  Richard Johnson
  as Self (archive footage)

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